He who gainsa

He who gainsa
He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.
  

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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.
Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.
To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.
A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.
I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.
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It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.
Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.