Nearly all men

Nearly all men
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.
  

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Modesty is the clothing of talent.
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.
A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.
You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.
Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
He understands badly who listens badly.
A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.