It is a lesson

It is a lesson
It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.
  

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Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares
Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.
Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.
In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.
Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.
True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him
Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them
Compromise,n. 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.
Past time is only eviil at a distance.
A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.