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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Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.
Conflictlies at the core of innovation.
Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
No one is free who does not Lord over himself.
Buying ischeaper than asking.
To exaggrerate is to weaken.
The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.
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.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
EDUCATION BEGINS WITH LIFE.