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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It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.
Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.
If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.
Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.
Eyes are more accurate witness than ears
Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.
Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.
Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.
Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.