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Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.
William Rounseville Alger
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Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.
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The best aphorisms are.... portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in the smallest compass. About every weak point in human nature, or vicious spot in human life, there is deposited a crystallization of warning and protective proverbs.
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A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.
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Courage makes a man more than himself for he is then himself plus his valor.
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A blue eye is a true eye Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.
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Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.
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False eloquence is exaggeration true eloquence is emphasis.
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The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.
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The heart must glow before the tongue can gild.
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The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
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The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe.
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Polite beggary is too common.
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Laws are the silent assessors of God.
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In the rest of Nirvana all sorrows surcease: Only Buddha can guide to that city of Peace Whose inhabitants have the eternal release.
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What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
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There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.
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