Aphorisms
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Man loves company — even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
You cannot open a book without learning something.
Tears are the silent language of grief.
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
Women are made to be loved, not understood.
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
To begin, begin.
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