I think I could

I think I could
I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.
  

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I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.
A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.
Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.
Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.
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Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
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Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.
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