The average man’

The average man’
The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.
  

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Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again
The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!
All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.
Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.
Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.
Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.
Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
Old fools are more foolish than you ones.
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour