One ofthe lessons

One ofthe lessons
One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.
  

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In all superstitions wise men follow fools.
There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.
Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.
The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.
If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.
Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.