Renown and repose

Renown and repose
Renown and repose do not go together.
  

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Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side
There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.
The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .
I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.
Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.
Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.
A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.