Civilization, in a sly

Civilization, in a sly
Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.
  

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When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.
Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking
Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.
Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.
Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.
Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.
He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.