Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth, and nothing easier than flattery.

A man always has two reasons for what he does ⁃ a good one, and the real one.

Nothing conquers the man who has already accepted the cost.

We are all monsters, Some of us are just better hiding it.

It's easier to fool people than to Convince them that they have been fooled.

The child who obeys you out of fear will one day lie to you for freedom.

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

Success comes from keeping your ears open and your e mouth closed.

Until the breath leaves the body, defeat is only a rumor.

Men cannot know each other until they have eaten salt together.

The greatest skill one can develop is decreasing the time between idea and execution.

Life got sweeter when i realised that the magic behind childhood wasn't because i was a child, it was because i was living in the present.

With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.

People, people, people an ocean of people, but I can't find even a drop of humanity.

Do not count your defeats before the war is over. One Victory may yet make them all forgotten.

A sword is forged by fire, not by comfort.

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

No matter how far a man can urinate, the last drop will always land on his feet.