The exercise of

The exercise of
The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.
  

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A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:
I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.
Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.
Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.
The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.
A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.
Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
As a final incentive before giving up a