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.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
It is not possible to go forward while looking back.
Thy fate is the common fate of all; into each life some rain must fall.