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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Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.
If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.
It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.
Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.
Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.
A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.
It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.