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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He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.
To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
Power comes from sincere service
The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.
Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.
Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.
To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.
Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.
Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Between friends there is no need of Justice.
Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.