Far better to

Far better to
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
  

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There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
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 cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.
An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.
Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'
When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.
Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.