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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Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains
Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the
Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.
Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.
When our hearts are empty, we collect things.
You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.
To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.
There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.
Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.
Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.
I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.