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.
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The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.
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It'sgood to shut up sometimes.
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Silence is argument carried out by other means.