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Aphorist Inspirational Quotes (5897)

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Many people have the reasoning facility, but no one uses it in religious matters.
Mark Twain
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No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly but of what is wrong one is always conscious.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute.
Mason Cooley
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Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.
Mark Twain
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They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a copy, which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is suppose
Ambrose Bierce
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WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.
Ambrose Bierce
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The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
Mark Twain
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INCOMPOSSIBLE, adj. Unable to exist if something else exists. Two things are incompossible when the world of being has scope enough for one of them, but not enough for both - as Walt Whitman's poetry and God's mercy to man.
Ambrose Bierce
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If you would judge, understand.
Seneca the Younger
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Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.
Seneca the Younger
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Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.
Seneca the Younger
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Life without the courage for death is slavery.
Seneca the Younger
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Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Human nature is pretty well balanced for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.
Ambrose Bierce
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Language disguises thought.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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People who behave at forty as they did at twenty must sometimes wonder why their charm is not working.
Mason Cooley
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He that makes himself famous by his eloquence, justice or arms illustrates his extraction, let it be never so mean and gives inestimable reputation to his parents. We should never have heard of Sophroniscus, but for his son, Socrates nor of Ariosto and Gryllus, if it had not been for Xenophon and Plato.
Seneca the Younger
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If you should ever acknowledge my existence, I plan to snub you.
Mason Cooley
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PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.
Ambrose Bierce
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
Seneca the Younger
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I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.
Mark Twain
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It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
Seneca the Younger
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REVOLUTION, n. A bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed.
Ambrose Bierce
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