Aphorisms
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You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
The doer alone learneth.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them — that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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