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Aphorisms is a compilation of short, thought-provoking sayings that offer wisdom and reflection on life, philosophy, and human nature.
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“Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.”
“To know anything about oneself one must know all about others.”
“It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.”
“Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.”
“A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.”
“An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.”
“Genius points the way, talent takes it.”
“Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.”
“One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.”
“What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.”
“What do you call a bad man? The sort of man who admires innocence.”
“Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.”
“Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.”
“In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.”
“Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.”
“The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.”
“The craving to be understood may in the end be merest egoism.”
“It is bad to doubt if one is loved, but it may be worse past all comparison to doubt if one loves.”
“What remains in diseases after the crisis is apt to produce relapses.”
“Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult.”
“Both sleep and insomnolency, when immoderate, are bad.”