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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Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.
It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.
Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.
Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.
Power tires only those who do not have it.
Pain is the outcome of sin.
The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.
A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
What is well done is done soon enough.
A room without books is a body without soul