I hold it to be

I hold it to be
I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him
  

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Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.
It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.
The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.
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Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.
Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.
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A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.