If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

As a final incentive before giving up a

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.