Aphorisms
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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.
A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill — little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.
Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
Love the sinner and hate the sin.
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
Nothing more than education advances the prosperity, the power, and the happiness of a nation.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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