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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In all superstitions wise men follow fools.
Nevercut what you can untie.
There is much more learning than knowing in the world.
Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.
Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.
He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.
Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.
You can't unscramble an egg.
Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.
Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.