Aphorisms
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First we have to believe, and then we believe.
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Let the punishment match the offense.
I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Misery loves company.
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
The coward only threatens when he is safe.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
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