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.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Misery loves company.
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
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.
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.
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