Aphorisms
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We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
Never complain and never explain.
Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.
Never explain — your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Youth is a blunder, Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world all rests on perseverance.
There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
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