One of the aphorisms occurred to me now and I wrote it…

Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.

— Novalis

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

— E. M. Forster

If you mean to know yourself, interline such of these aphorisms as affect you agreeably in reading, and set a mark to such as…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

“Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Being divorced does not necessarily make one’s advice on marriage useless … or useful.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human being or…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Some people stride toward a better future. Others have chauffeurs.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

“There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The old aphorisms are basically sound. First impressions are lasting.

— Jessie Redmon Fauset

“Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana