In history, characters

In history, characters
In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.
  

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Silence is argument carried out by other means.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.
Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.
Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.
Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to
We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.
Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.