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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Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Thereare two sides to every question.
To exaggrerate is to weaken.
Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.
True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.
Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.
A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.
Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.
Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.
The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.
He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.
Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again