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A bunch of aphorisms to end April

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A bunch of aphorisms to end April

JC de Merez
Apr 26, 2023
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A bunch of aphorisms to end April

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You feel reassured when aware that it isn't you, but everyone, who knows nothing.

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Humans don't struggle to fit in society; they struggle to find out the society that fits them.

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The more neatly you fit in society, the less you can benefit from it.

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What is the opposite of happiness if not ambition? The opposite of love if not expectations?

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The environment tyrannizes; one must try to stir it up from time to time.

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The one who values his own time the least is the one who wastes others' time the most.

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The fool seeks certainties; the wise, solutions.

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The uselessness of advice lies in the fact that two people will never go through the same situation.

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The fool sells his time; the wise treasures it; the genius capitalizes on it.

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Wherever you proclaim your joys, for decency's sake, do the same with your sorrows.

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Trusting enslaves; both parties.

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"I know," "I am,"... How audacious the self is!

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Before, you would get to know someone and, if you liked each other, exchange phone numbers; now it's the other way around.

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There is no greater humiliation than making others believe they are humiliating you.

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The fool covets moments of revelry; the wise, those of silence.

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We only see what we believe satisfies our desires; everything else is invisible.

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Ambition, with expectations, is foolishness.

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Some days you waste your time; other days, time makes the most of you.

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No fool envies the wise’s silence.

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Most people prefer not to learn rather than see how a rival teaches them.

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We feel joy when we are right, ecstasy when we know our rival is wrong.

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If you have to restrain yourself, it's as if you had done it.

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