Aphorisms
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
In anger nothing right nor judicious can be done.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Most smiles are started by another smile.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
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