A young prince turned to his aging father, the Shah, for advice:
“Tell me, father, how can I govern the country after you, to keep the subjects obedient?”
“It’s very simple, my son,” replied the old man, “keep everyone in fear and dependency on you. Start by imposing high taxes on peasants and craftsmen. If a peasant can afford to …
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Many parents of high school graduates face the question: should they send their child to study in big cities at universities? Many fear that their children won’t resist the temptations of the metropolis, will associate with the wrong crowd, and become drug addicts, alcoholics, and hooligans.
In such cases, I always recall my student life.
I enrolled in the capital’s …
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Imagine that you are sitting at the controls of an airplane and you have to fly it through a huge lifeless space – the valley of death. There is no water, no food, and no life in this valley. Therefore, it is very important to fly to its other edge and land on fertile, fragrant land. All the people around …
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Sometimes I hear these words:
“This blogger traveled half the country in search of scandalous stories. All the fields and forests have overgrown. Do you think he is working hard for the sake of good business? No way! For himself, for his own fame. And you, like devout hamsters, are liking him and writing eulogistic comments. He just uses you. …
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Europeans treat their dogs and cats as members of the family, cherish and pamper them, walk with them, bathe them every week, at the slightest concern show them to specialists, and treat cars simply as objects, as a means of transportation.
Kazakhs, on the contrary, treat their cars like members of the family, cherish and pamper them, wash them every …
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Getting offended by Borat’s satirical movies about Kazakhstan is both funny and unworthy of an enlightened person.
In general, being easily offended is a trait of those who are weak-spirited. A strong, self-assured person will simply smile at a joke directed at them and move on. They know their worth, and a sarcastic jab won’t shake their confidence. If there’s …
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I do not like or participate in any lotteries.
Why?
Because the lottery gives the wrong signal to the brain: you can quickly enrich, not working, without putting any effort, just guessing the numbers.
Moreover, the …
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There is a huge difference in the sensations and behavior of the person standing on the platform, and the person standing behind the scenes.
When you are in the center of attention, when every word of yours, every gesture under the close attention of hundreds of eyes, your brain is in great tension. It hampers your movements …
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Where’s the justice? – thought the peasant with one cow, looking at a neighbor with five cows.
Where’s the justice? – said the third peasant, who did not have a single cow, and took the cow from the first peasant.…
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