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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Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.
Ittakes time to save time.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
Thehardest step is over the threshold.
A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.
Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.
No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .
One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.
The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.
Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.