To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.