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January 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
January 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

#wisdom #ignorance #aphorisms #quotes #ralphwaldoemerson
January 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. - Italian Proverb

#wordsofwisdom #wisewords
#foodforthought #inspiration #proverbsandaphorisms #timelesssayings #wordstoliveby #lessonsforlife #spreadtheword #proverbs #italy
January 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. - Benjamin Disraeli

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#foodforthought #inspiration #proverbsandaphorisms #wordstoliveby #lessonsforlife #quotes #opportunity #restraint #benjamindisraeli
January 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
January 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
January 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
You should make a new bucket whilst you still have the old one. - Berber Proverb

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#foodforthought #inspiration #proverbsandaphorisms #timelesssayings #wordstoliveby #lessonsforlife #spreadtheword
January 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
January 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The thoughts we choose to act upon define us to others, the ones we do not define us to ourselves. - Yahia Lababidi

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January 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I Often marvel that while each man loves himself more than anyone else, he sets less value on his own estimate than on the opinions of others. - Marcus Aurelius

#aphorisms #selfesteem #marcusaurelius #meditations
January 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Many a true word is spoken in jest. - English Proverb

#proverbs #truth #comedy #england
January 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We must seek wisdom, for wisdom will not seek us. - The Indentured Savant

#aphorisms #oc #wisdom
January 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the great Innovator. -Sir Francis Bacon

#aphorisms #innovation #francisbacon
January 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
One minute of patience can mean ten Years of peace. - Greek Proverb

#proverbs #greece #patience
January 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Heartless Cynics" the young men shout,
Blind to the world of fact without;
"Silly Dreamers" the old men grin,
Deaf to the world of Purpose within. - W.H. Audin, New Year Letter 1941

#poem #newyear #whaudin
January 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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January 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
When we are at our happiest, then it is best to leave and go home. Czech Proverb

#proverbs #czechoslovakia #partytime
December 31, 2024 at 11:40 PM
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. - William Blake

#aphorisms #williamblake
December 31, 2024 at 10:34 AM
We have quite enough to do weeding our own garden. - Belgian Proverb

#proverbs #belgium #mindyourbusiness

Bonus Aphorism:

We must cultivate our garden. - Voltaire

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#candide #france
December 31, 2024 at 10:25 AM
We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe that they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain. - Walter Landor

#aphorisms #pessimism #walterlandor
December 30, 2024 at 11:59 AM
It is easier to fight for one's principals that to live up to them. - Alfred Adler

#aphorisms #principals #alfredadler
December 30, 2024 at 11:51 AM