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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It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.
Constantrepetition carries conviction.
It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.
The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.
A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.
Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.
If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.
No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.
Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.