The Greek philosopher Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic, whose house was a barrel on the beach, always had intelligent answers for those who challenged him and most of the time they were very accurate ones. One of these smart answers was related to adulation or flattery. He was eating some wild herbs when […]
There was once an emperor who summoned all the young men of his kingdom because it was time to find a partner for his daughter. All the young men came and the king told them “I am going to give a different seed to each one of you, after 6 months you will bring me
Philip III of Spain put the Duque of Osuna in charge of the land of Naples. The Duque of Osuna went to visit the prison on the festival day of that prison. There was a tradition to release one of the prisoners on that day. Before releasing a prisoner, he first asked each of them
Once a teacher gave his 12 years old students a chemistry problem to solve for homework. The next day, the teacher corrected them. One of the students, Rose, had made a mistake. The teacher gave her another opportunity: “you can stay in the classroom during the break in order to figure out your mistake.” One
