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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What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.
Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.
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.
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.
Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.
We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.
Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.