Aphorisms
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.
Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.
Your library is your paradise.
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.
A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
Fidelity is the sister of justice.
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