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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Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.
The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.
The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.
There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.
A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.
No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .
If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!
If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.