Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.