Aphorisms
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Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
Time is money.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.
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