The expression 'Those who can't do, teach' is a curious one, because if you look at the world , you'll see that teachers aren't particularly worse at doing things than anyone else, so perhaps the expression might be better worded as 'nobody can do anything
Daniel HandlerBut there are times in this harum-scarum world when figuring out the right thing to do is quite simple, but doing the right thing is simply impossible.
Daniel HandlerOnce more, this is love: it rings and you open up unless it looks like an ax murderer.
Daniel HandlerStealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing is not excusable if, for instance, you are in a museum and you decide that a certain painting would look better in your house, and you simply grab the painting and take it there. But if you were very, very hungry, and you had no way of obtaining money, it would be excusable to grab the painting, take it to your house, and eat it.
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