We ownalmost all

We ownalmost all
We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.
  

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Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.
In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.
Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?
No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.
Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares
Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.
Past time is only eviil at a distance.
Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.
Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.
We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.