One ofthe lessons

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

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Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.
A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
To be preparedis half the victory.
Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.
Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
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.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.