Far better to think

Far better to think
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to
  

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Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.
Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.
Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.
A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.
The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.
When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.
No one lies as much as the indignant do.
A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.
Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?
Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.
Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.