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The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The first duty of love is to listen.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.