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.
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.
Cunning is but the low mimic of wisdom.
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
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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