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

Topics: Control Quotes

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why...

It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why...

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow...

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow...

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and...

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

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

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while...

Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while...

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;...

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...

Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of...

Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of...

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you...

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you...