Truisms

Aphorisms made us think. When we think, we analyse the truth contain therein, and we learn the wisdom in them. They can serve as our signposts on our journeys through life. They can be our teachers, guardians, and friends … always there to patiently motivate, encourage, advice, counsel, console, enlighten, educate, and at times to egg us on when we are feeling down, discouraged or disillusioned. Some of these teachers are centuries old. But their words of wisdom are still as applicable today as when they were first said, centuries ago.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. - Samuel Johnson

All of us are always going to do better tomorrow, and we would, too, if only we started today. - Unknown

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. - Thomas Carlyle

There is no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds. - Unknown

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. - Aristotle

Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another. - Unknown

Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right. - Alexander Pope

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. - Edmund Burke

What other dungeon is as dark as one’s own heart! What jailer as inexorable as one’s self! - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. - Mahatma Gandhi

It hath been said that an unjust peace is to be preferred before a just war. - Samuel Butler

As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do. - Zachary Scott

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle. - Paulo Coelho

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