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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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.
A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.
There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.
The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.
Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.
No one is free who does not Lord over himself.
The warexisting between the senses and reason.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.
People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.