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The first duty of love is to listen.

The first principle of a civilized state is that power is legitimate only wehn it is under contract.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy''s holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it''s a refuge from home life.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by a man incapable of it.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

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

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does''nt begin.

The comforter''s head never aches.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one accorn.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Supicion of one''s own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

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

Talkers are no good doers

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party''s victory.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.