Aphorisms
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Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Where there is no property there is no injustice.
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
Hope is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and the state in which you will find solid happiness.
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