The greatest virtue

The greatest virtue
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
  

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There is no knowledge that is not power.
Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.
Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.
Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.
Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.
There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.
If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.
A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.
Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.