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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The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.
If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.
Education is the chief defence of a Nation.
Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal
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You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.
Dig a well before you are thirsty.
Buying ischeaper than asking.