Nothing so wonderfully

Nothing so wonderfully
Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.
  

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People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.
The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.
Old fools are more foolish than you ones.
Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.
No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.
When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.
Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.
The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.
Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.