Aphorisms
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Man loves company — even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
You cannot open a book without learning something.
Tears are the silent language of grief.
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.
The human voice is the organ of the soul.
The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
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