Aphorisms
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A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
A schoolteacher or professor cannot educate individuals, he educates only species.
We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
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.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
What's done can't be undone.
The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.
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