Remembernot only to

Remembernot only to
Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
  

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People loan their trust, they don't give it.
Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.
Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.
Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.
The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.
The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.
Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Use softwords and hard arguments.
Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.