Aphorisms
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Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
A joke is a very serious thing.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
By blood a king, in heart a clown.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Music is the universal language of mankind.
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
The environment is everything that isn't me.
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
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