Bythree methods

Bythree methods
Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.
  

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Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.
He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.
To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.
Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.
I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.
I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.
Our distrust is very expensive.
Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.