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.
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
The doer alone learneth.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them — that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
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