By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.