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.
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Nature herself makes the wise man rich.
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
History is written by the victors.
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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