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 only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.
Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.
I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.
No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.
One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.
Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.
Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.
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The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.