The wise man learns

The wise man learns
The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.
  

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Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.
Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
Trust exists; only lies are invented.
Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
The first duty of love is to listen.
To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.
Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.
Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government