Aphorisms
who has discovered just how pitifully little he knows, or
can know. We all build ways of life only to outgrow them.”
“It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue
about them.”
“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”
“It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing
praises of my devourer?”
“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which
guides them — the character, the heart, generous
qualities, progressive ideas.”
“It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but
the pale and the hungry-looking.”
“It is not what happens to you that determine how far you
go in life; it is what you do with what happens to you.”
“It is not your opponent, but your weaknesses that hurt
you the most.”
“It is nothing won to admit men with an open door, yet to
receive them with a shut and reserved countenance.”
“It is ok not to like someone. But it is never ok to try and
degrade, humiliate or dehumanize them.”
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is
essential is invisible to the eye.”
“It is really no use of getting closer to someone now and
then who doesn’t love and care about you.”
“It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.”
“It is so discouraging to see today’s youth investing so
much time and effort justifying failure, rather than doing
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