The exercise of

The exercise of
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.
  

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I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.
A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.
Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.
One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.
It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.
Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.
Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.
Suspicion begets suspicion.