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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To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.
The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.
All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.
Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.
Allthings at first appear difficult.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.
Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.
The hardeststep is over the threshold.
If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.