A gem is not

A gem is not
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
  

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Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.
It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.
The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.
Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.
Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.
Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.
You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.
We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.
Renown and repose do not go together.