Aphorisms
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Woman is the only creature in nature that hunts down its hunters and devours the prey alive.
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
Have no fear of perfection — you'll never reach it.
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
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