Aphorisms
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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.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.
As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.
The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.
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