Far better to think

Far better to think
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
  

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Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.
Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.
No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .
You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.
Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.
Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol
Some people suffer in silence louder than others
The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.
There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.