Every generation

Every generation
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
  

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My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.
A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.
In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.
Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.
The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.
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.
Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.
When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.
The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.
There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.
Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.