A smallbenefit obtained

A smallbenefit obtained
A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.
  

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Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.
Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.
He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.
Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.
He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.
The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.
Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.
Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.