I hold it to be

I hold it to be
I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him
  

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Adversityis the foundation of virtue.
There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.
Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.
When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.
Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.
No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.
We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.
Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.
Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.
Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.