To rule is not

To rule is not
To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.
  

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Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.
If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.