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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Silenceis the mother of truth.
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.
First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
A man's ruin lies in his tongue.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character
Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.
Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.
Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.
Conflictisn't negative, it just is.
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.