“Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” - Albert Einstein
“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill
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A bit of a misogynist , wasn’t he?
Everything that I do know about him. Suggests that he was not a misogynist. He went to bat and spoke highly of more than one woman scientist to get her recognized in both academia and science circles. Such as Marietta Blau When she needed a job he wrote about her excellence as an accomplished experimental physicist. Or Emmy Noether he mentions to a fellow physicist that GöttingenUniversity could have picked up a thing or two from her.
While his private life does more than suggest that he was not helpful around the house doing chores and such. At that time men did not help with household chores. The casual misogyny of expecting the wife to do the household chore exclusively was not that unusual for that time.
I would suggest to take the quote is more for advice for everyone. Rather than focusing on what is today a poor word choice.
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What if it wasn’t a poor choice of words? What if he really was speaking to men exclusively? There isn’t anything wrong with that. I know I’m strong and independent, I don’t need Einstein to validate me.
SMH It is just a quote. Lets not make this into something that it isn’t. He was not validating anyone for that matter. Just sharing a thought about success is not as good as cultivating value within oneself.
Beyond that it does not command or even say anything about validating anyone. Leaves it to the reader to agree or disagree.
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LMFAO
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It was always that, you just haven’t noticed it before. 
I agree with that.
No, I added that one myself since Zaera was saying he was a misogynist even though we know that in his time it didn’t have the same negative connotation since everyone is more or less a product of their environment as you rightly stated above:
… to which I agree entirely.
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“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
– Audrey Hepburn
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I wish i had a nickle for each patch or hotfix ccp applies. I would be rich.
Don’t let them fool you though- a nickel is mostly copper, only about 25 percent of it is actually nickel.
Congratulations: Thanks to Zaera you are a now a little bit smarter
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“It always seems impossible, until it’s done.” - Nelson Mandela
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"Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.”
— Seneca
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Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!
Dumbledore
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“I thought It was just a fart but…”- Author Unknown
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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"Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired… even I who write this, and you who read this.
–Blaise Pascal
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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” - Mahatma Gandhi
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