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Thedifference between
Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.
  

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Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.
Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.
Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.
Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.
Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.
When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.
Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.
The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.
To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.