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.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
The human voice is the organ of the soul.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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