It is a lesson

It is a lesson
It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.
  

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Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.
To beprepared is half the victory.
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.
You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.
We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.
A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.
Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.