Aphorisms
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.
The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Never judge a book by its cover.
A good man apologizes for the mistakes of the past, but a great man corrects them.
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.
Every morn brought forth a noble chance, and every chance brought forth a noble knight.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.
Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
My pride fell with my fortunes.
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