Aphorisms
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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
Laws are silent in times of war.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
The coward only threatens when he is safe.
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
To begin, begin.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
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