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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Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.
The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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A state with defective laws will have defective morals.
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
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A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.
History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.
What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.
The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.
Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.