Duty largely consists of

Duty largely consists of
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical
  

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People say law but they mean wealth.
Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares
Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.
A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.
Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.
No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.
Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.
Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.
Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.