Random aphorisms
Days full of hope separated by nights of sleep. Man's life.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
Added by Lucian Velea
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God waits for man to regain his childhood in wisdom.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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History makes one admire Napoleon's bloody romanticism just as cartoons make one grow fond of the loathsome mice.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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When describing the sun you should not start with the spots.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Hand written, but foot corrected.
aphorism by Ramon Eder, translated by Dan Costinaş
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Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The common run of man stumbles over stones. Poets alone stumble over rocks.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Our desire lends the colours of the rainbow to the mere mists and vapours of life.
aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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How indiscreet some writers are! They will read other writer's books.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Liberty: "a power of acting or not acting, according to the determinations of the will...".
aphorism by David Hume from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)
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