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The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.