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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Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.
People say law but they mean wealth.
Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them
Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.
Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.
Silenceis the mother of truth.
Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.
All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour
Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.