Aphorisms
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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.
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.
Music fills the infinite between two souls.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
To be, or not to be, that is the question.
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
A schoolteacher or professor cannot educate individuals, he educates only species.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
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