Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

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