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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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.
Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.
Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.
Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.
Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.
Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.
Malicedrinketh its own poison.
Power comes from sincere service
As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.