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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WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.
Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.
If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.
Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it
There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.
Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.
A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.
Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise