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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The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.
Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again
The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.
God has created the world in play.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.
Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.
There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
As long as there is life there is danger.
In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.