Far better to

Far better to
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to
  

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The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.
The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.
Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho
It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.
It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.
We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.