The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

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Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.