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

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

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

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.