Aphorisms for Our Time

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'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.


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A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.


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A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.


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A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody has read.


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A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.


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A fool must now and then be right by chance.


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A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.


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A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.


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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.


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A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.


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A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.


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A man lives by believing in something, not by debating and arguing about many things.


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A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.


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A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.


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A library is an arsenal of liberty.


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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.


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A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.


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A banker will lend you money only if you can prove you don't need it.


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A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.


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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.


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