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.
Women are made to be loved, not understood.
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.
