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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I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.
You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.
Life only demands from you the strength you posses
The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.
If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.
Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.
Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.
True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.
Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.
You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.