Aphorisms for Our Time

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A mountain wears down a horse, anger wears down a man.

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A reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

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A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

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Alas, fortune does not change men; it unmasks them.

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All men are equal; it is not birth, but virtue alone, that makes the difference.

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All the way to heaven is heaven.

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Always do right -- this will gratify some and astonish the rest.

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Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.

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An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.

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And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

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As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.

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Bacchus: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

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Be good and you will be lonesome.

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Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down.

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Beats all the lies you can invent

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Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

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Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint.

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Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.