“Confessions of a Wall Street Whiz Kid”.

Chapter 8 - Drowning Again

http://www.grandich.com/2012/10/a-debilitating-illness-few-will-still-openly-talk-about/

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tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito

The Institute's official motto is Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito, which comes from Virgil's Aeneid, Book VI; the motto means "do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it." Early in his life, Mises chose this sentence to be his guiding principle in life. It is prominently displayed throughout the Institute's campus, on their website, and on memorabilia.

sláinte mhaith

Gaelic for 'Good Health'

http://www.kereport.com/2012/10/13/real-party/

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The Parrot and the Magician

A magician was working on a cruise ship. Since the audience was different each week, the magician did the same tricks over and over again.

There was only one problem: The captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick.

Once he understood, he started shouting in the middle of the show, "Look, it's not the same hat!" or, "Look, he's hiding the flowers under the table!" Or, "Hey, why are all the cards the ace of spades?"

The magician was furious but couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the Captain's' parrot.

Then one stormy night on the Pacific, the ship unfortunately sank, drowning almost all who were on board. The magician luckily found himself on a piece of wood floating in the middle of the sea, as fate would have it, with the parrot.

They stared at each other with hatred, but did not utter a word.

This went on for a day... then two days, and then three days. Finally, on the fourth day, the parrot could not hold back any longer and said...

"OK, I give up. Where's the bloody ship?"

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