Aphorisms
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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.
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.
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.
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Little things affect little minds.
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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