Aphorisms
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Wit is well-bred insolence.
Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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