A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man