Aphorisms
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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and the state in which you will find solid happiness.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
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