Aphorisms
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.
A person hears only what they understand.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.
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