Aphorisms
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Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.
A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish — too much handling will spoil it.
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
Politics is the art of the next best.
It is legal because I wish it.
Prevention is better than cure.
Faith is a passionate intuition.
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