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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Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.
What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.
Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech
To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.
Habit: the shackles of the free
In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well
He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.
An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.
Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.