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The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

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

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.