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Category: aphorisms

Posted on January 31, 2022

“These success encourages: they can because they think they can.”—Virgil, Roman poet, 70-19 BC

Posted on January 31, 2022January 30, 2022

“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”—Antisthenes, Greek philosopher, 445-365 BC

Posted on November 27, 2021

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”—Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, Irish novelist, 1855-1897

Posted on November 24, 2021November 24, 2021

“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”—Henry James, American author, 1843-1916

Posted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021

“Always depend on people to think the worst.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC to 18 AD

Posted on September 20, 2021

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”—Aesop, Greek fabulist, 620-564 BC

Posted on September 16, 2021September 15, 2021

“We can learn even from our enemies.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC to 18 AD

Posted on September 11, 2021

“Those who can sin in secret do so more quickly.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

“Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on August 22, 2021August 22, 2021

“A fire cannot throw a great light without burning something.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

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