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.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do.
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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.
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