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20190913

In aphorism, proverb on 20190913 at 23:55

Apply the brakes, only at speed.

The wise brakes, at speed.
The fool breaks, at rest.

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20170410

In aphorism on 20170411 at 00:32

The only thing more challenging and more powerful than world domination is self-control.

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20170318

In aphorism on 20170318 at 23:55

There is greatness in the smallest of actions, if only we pause to recognize what is easier to overlook.

The fool praise the oak and belittle the acorn.

Mind the acorn and the oak will stand in its own.

With naïveté do we inhale without understanding of how to exhale.

A good story is part struggle and part success. A great story is pure struggle.

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20170317

In aphorism, proverb on 20170317 at 23:55

If you’re not lifting someone up, you’re holding someone down.
The easiest way to lose power is to hold onto it. If you want ultimate power, give it to others, empower others. In so doing, not only will you multiply the efforts of you alone, but what effort you do make shall never be forgotten.

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20161122

In analogy, aphorism, proverb, rumination on 20161123 at 23:55

You are what you read.

Seek bread from a butcher and you will think that a butcher offers only disappointment.

If you seek to be told what to do, find an instructor. If you seek to learn why you might do it or how you should do it, find a teacher.

If instruction is data, teaching is metadata.

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20160815

In aphorism, proverb on 20160815 at 23:55

Money makes the fool and becomes the wise.

How we treat others speaks only of our worth, never of what others deserve.

Weather is never fair.

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20160731

In aphorism, bon mot, proverb on 20160731 at 23:55

The moment you decide that you deserve better is the moment that you know better—and already in this moment, you are better off.

The fool wears chains to the tune of gold—grounded in insecurity, weighted by vanity, and convinced they are better off decorated than liberated.

As if the limits of mortality were not damning enough, the fool boasts of his own.

If a fool looks for dirt in the cleanest of waters, he is sure to succeed—if only in finding his reflection.

The fool dismisses a dozen opportunities before asking for a second chance.

Regret is the currency of the fool and the agency of the wise.

Waking up is hard to do, but it’s the only way to welcome in a new day.

What is the difference between mail and email? a LETTER

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20160629

In aphorism, proverb on 20160630 at 10:15

Following failure, there is only apology and progress, or pride and apathy.

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20150718

In aphorism, proverb on 20150718 at 17:41

Only the blind do not see.

How different is one who sees, but still is blind, from one who is dead, but still lives?

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20150525

In aphorism, question, rumination on 20150525 at 23:55

Which is rarer, the jewel in the rough or the eye that sees it?

Precious is the jewel that has been discovered, unlike objects of abundance, for its worth is, if only in that it is valued.

A blanket of stars is ne’er for sale, ne’er for purchase, only for beholding or forsaking.

If humility is apt to follow certainty, perchance enlightenment stands to follow uncertainty.

The future is often more than we could hope for, if not what we expect.

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