There is something

There is something
There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.
  

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Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.
A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.
The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.
Example is better than following it.
To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.
Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.
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A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.
Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.