Man has long found solace in good talk to offset bad conduct.
James Harvey Robinson (1863 - 1936)
Contributed by: Zaady
Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.
Mere lack of success does not discredit a method, for there are many things that determine and perpetuate our sanctified ways of doing things besides their success in reaching their proposed ends.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
Source: The Mind in the Making