Glory is a poison

Glory is a poison
Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.
  

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Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.
The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.
Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.
Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.
The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.
Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.
Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.
The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.