Thegalleries are full

Thegalleries are full
Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and
  

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The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!
Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.
Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.
Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.
Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.
A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.
Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.