Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

As a final incentive before giving up a

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.