I hold it to be

I hold it to be
I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him
  

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you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.
Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.
A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.
Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion
Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.
Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.
Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.