Conflictis the gadfly

Conflictis the gadfly
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
  

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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.
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Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise
It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.
I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
Step after step the ladder is ascended
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.