Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may...

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may...

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years...

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military...

I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military...

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up...

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up...