Given afair wind,

Given afair wind,
Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.
  

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The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.
To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.
A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.
If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.
An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.
You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.
If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...
Be your own judge and you will be happy.
Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.