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Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

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

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.