Aphorisms
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
Wit is well-bred insolence.
Let your desires be ruled by reason.
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Little things affect little minds.
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
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