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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Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.
It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.
To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.
Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.
Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.
Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.
Never answer a letter while you are angry.
Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.
Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.
Melancholy is the joy of being said.
Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.