Nothing astonishes

Nothing astonishes
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
  

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Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.
Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.
Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.
Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony
You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your childā€™sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you
The present is never a happy state to any being
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to
Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal
Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.
Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.