One of the lessons

One of the lessons
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
  

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Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.
Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.
All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare
Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.
It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.
You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.
It'sgood to shut up sometimes.
Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?
Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.
If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.