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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Books without the knowledge of life are useless.
The art of writing is the art of restraint.
The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.
We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.
One cannot be precise and still be pure.
Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.
Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.
Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.
Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.
Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.
Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.