Experience is a hard teacher

Experience is a hard teacher
Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
  

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Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.
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.
Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.
Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.
A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.