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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Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.
Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.
An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist
To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.
It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.
Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.
Malice drinketh its own poison.
Luck never mad a mad man wise
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.
In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.
Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.