“Criminal lawyers reported greater job satisfaction than did litigators and those not specifying an area of practice.”
― Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Psychological Analysis of Personality Strengths and Weaknesses
― Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Psychological Analysis of Personality Strengths and Weaknesses
“Second-generation lawyers may fare better. Children of lawyers who followed in their parent’s footsteps were more satisfied than most lawyers.”
― Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Psychological Analysis of Personality Strengths and Weaknesses
― Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Psychological Analysis of Personality Strengths and Weaknesses
“Reading old Gray? That's right. Physician's library just three books: 'Gray's Anatomy' and Bible and Shakespeare. Study. You may become great doctor.”
― SINCLAIR LEWIS PREMIUM COLLECTION Volume II. 5 NOVELS + 4 Short Stories
― SINCLAIR LEWIS PREMIUM COLLECTION Volume II. 5 NOVELS + 4 Short Stories
“An unusual problem developed when a case of smallpox was brought to the hospital. Smallpox was too contagious to be allowed on the wards. Its victims had to be specially isolated. But where? Osler drove the patient up to the mayor of Hamilton’s home, a sure way of getting action. Special accommodation was arranged in a secluded house. Osler visited the patient twice a day until he died, and then did an autopsy on the spot, helped by the German housekeeper.”
― William Osler: A Life in Medicine
― William Osler: A Life in Medicine
“Geopolitical and demographic forces are so rooted in the unchangeable that political action often generates little but noise.”
― The Accidental Superpower: Ten Years On
― The Accidental Superpower: Ten Years On
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