The hardeststep is over the threshold.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Necessity truns lion into fox.