One of the lessons

One of the lessons
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
  

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Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.
Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.
Evil alone has oil for every wheel
It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.
Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.
I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.
Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.
Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived
Our power is in our ability to decide.