Aphorisms
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Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
We find comfort among those who agree with us — growth among those who don't.
By blood a king, in heart a clown.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Music is the universal language of mankind.
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
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