To rule is not

To rule is not
To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.
  

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Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Ifyou are 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.
By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.
Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
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