Aphorisms
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Woman is the only creature in nature that hunts down its hunters and devours the prey alive.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
Have no fear of perfection — you'll never reach it.
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
Vanity is the quicksand of reason.
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
It is better to rust out than wear out.
Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
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