I am a collector of aphorisms. Listed below are some aphorisms that I found clever and wise and collected it for further reference. There were a number of topics that did not interest me so I skipped various sections of the book.

First do it, then say it. Russian proverb
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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal. Anatole France
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Take care that old age does not wrinkle your spirit even more than your face. Michel de Montaigne
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A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves. Bertrand de Jouvenel
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We shall have to repent in this generation not so much for the evil deeds of the wicked people but for the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
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A man who works with his hands is a labourer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.
Louis Nizer
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. H. L. Mencken
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Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism it’s the other way round. Polish saying
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Foreign aid: when the poor people of a rich nation send their money to the rich people of a poor nation. Anon
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Every day people are straying away from church and going back to God. Lenny Bruce
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It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution. Oscar Wilde All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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We are all born originals – why is it so many of us die copies?
Edward Young
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