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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.
When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.
Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.
The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.
Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.
You can't unscramble an egg.
Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.
Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.
True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.
The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.
It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.