Aphorism Quotes

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“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”
― Lao Tzu, Te-Tao Ching

tags: aphorism, philosophy, proverb

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“There is truth in wine and children”
― Plato, Symposium / Phaedrus

tags: aphorism

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“That which yields is not always weak.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart

tags: aphorism, flexibility

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“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

tags: aphorism, self-reliance

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“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
― Plato

tags: aphorism

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“Melancholy: an appetite no misery satisfies.”
― Emil Cioran, All Gall is Divided: Aphorisms

tags: aphorism, melancholy, misery, syllogism

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“All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.”
― James Thurber

tags: aphorism, inspirational

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“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Always ask yourself:" What will happen if I say nothing?”
― Kamand Kojouri

tags: adage, always, aphorism, ask, calm, circumstance, everything, flow, forgive, give-in, happen, harmony, inspirational, kamand, kamand-kojouri, kind, kindness, kojouri, let-go, maxim, mind, mindful, mindfulness, moment, nothing, peace, present, quote, rights, say, serene, serenity, silence, silent, simple-quotes, speak, surrender, talk, think, think-before-you-act, thought, tranquility, truth, unity, zen

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“If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything.”
― Franz Kafka, The Castle

tags: aphorism, existential, life-lessons, motivational

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“It's only words... unless they're true.”
― David Mamet

tags: aphorism, language, truth

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“You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: adage, adages, anthropocentric, anthropocentrism, aphorism, aphorisms, arrogance, arrogant, axiom, axioms, belief, beliefs, believe, deep, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, gnome, gnomes, humble, humility, humor, humour, importance, important, insightful, life, life-goes-on, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, modest, modesty, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quotes, really, satire, satirical, saying, sayings, sincere, sincerely, thought-provoking, thoughtful, truly

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“What you choose also chooses you.”
― Kamand Kojouri

tags: accept, adage, aphorism, axiom, choice, choose, choosing, chose, crave, decide, decision, desire, harmony, interesting, kamand, kamand-kojouri, kojouri, maxim, mysterious-ways, mystery, option, prefer, proverb, quote, saying, seek, select, selection, simple-quote, truth, unknown, want, you

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“I have forgotten my umbrella.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: aphorism, derrida, interpretation, philosophy

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“Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: aphorism, aphorisms, condemn, criticism, criticize, deplore, enemies, enemy, envious, envy, failure, failures, gossip, humor, humour, jealous, jealousy, please, pleasure, quotation, quotations, quote, quotes, satire, success, successes, swear

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“People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.”
― Rebecca West

tags: aphorism

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“A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“The shortest distance between two points is always under construction.”
― Rebecca McClanahan

tags: aphorism, life

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“We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

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“Most people believe most of the things they believe only because they believe that most people believe them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: aphorism, aphorisms, belief, beliefs, believe, conform, conformity, critical-thinking, crowd, funny, humor, humour, independent-thinking, insanity, majority, non-conformity, nonconformity, sanity, satire

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“Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it… or they think you have.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: aphorism, aphorisms, appear, appearance, attire, attitude, attitudes, be-nice-be-nicer, clothes, clothing, consumerism, deceive, fail, failure, fake, families, family, family-member, family-members, fool, foolish, fools, friend, friends, humor, humour, impression, impressions, insult, insults, intellect, intelligence, intelligent, looks-can-be-deceiving, made-it, make-it, materialism, money, nice, poor, poverty, quotation, quotations, quote, quotes, rich, riches, satire, stupid, stupidity, succeed, success, successful, wealth, wealthy

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“Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: adage, adages, adolescent, adolescents, adult, adulthood, adults, africa, african, ancient, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, child, children, dead, death, deep, dependence, dependent, develop, developing, development, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, existence, four-stages-of-life, funny, gnome, gnomes, grandparent, grandparents, grow, growing, growth, humor, humorous, humour, immortal, immortality, independence, independent, infant, infants, insightful, life, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, mortal, mortality, newborn, newborns, old, old-age, old-age-home, old-age-homes, phase, phases, philosopher, prepubescent, process, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, retire, retired, retiree, retirees, retirement, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, senile, senility, south-africa, south-african, stage, stages, stages-of-life, teenage, teenager, teenagers, thought-provoking, thoughtful, young, youth, youths

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“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days… or hours.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: adage, adages, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, be-in-touch, best-friend, best-friends, cellphone, cellphones, check-on, contact, deep, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, facebook, families, family, friend, friends, gnome, gnomes, good-morning, greet, greetings, humor, humour, in-touch, insightful, instagram, internet, keep-in-touch, letter, letters, long-time-to-see, love, loved, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, mobile-phone, mobile-phones, phone, phone-call, phone-calls, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quotes, satire, satirical, saying, sayings, sms, smses, social-media, stranger, text, texts, thought-provoking, thoughtful, twitter

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“Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel or really think but in accordance with the expectations of those around them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

tags: act, adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, believe, conform, conformity, deep, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, expect, expectation, expectations, feel, feeling, feelings, funny, gnome, gnomes, human, human-being, human-beings, humanity, humans, humor, humorous, humour, insane, insanity, insightful, made-me-think, make-you-think, mankind, maxim, maxims, people, person, philosopher, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, sane, sanity, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, south-africa, south-african, think, thought-provoking, thoughtful

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