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Aphorisms

[Girl.] I like sarcastic statements, classical quotations, aphorisms and proverbs. My favourites are here (some in Latin or German). You can waste some time on the much more professional collections out there on the web, and there's also the fortune cookie program online nowadays.
Aphorismus, der; -,-rismen
geistreicher, lehrreicher, überraschender und prägnant formulierter Gedanke, Sinnspruch.
(Langenscheidt's Fremdwörterbuch Online) 
Adde parvum parvo, magnus acervus erit.
        -Ovid

Man muss die Menschen nehmen, wie sie sind - es gibt keine anderen.
        -Adenauer

You can only change yourself - and your underwear.
        -Dame Edna

No matter how good she looks, there's some other guy
sick and tired of putting up with her.
        -Toilet wall graffiti, Lindas Bar and Grill, Chapel Hill, N. C.

For me, shipping is the thing.
        -JWZ

In three words I can sum up everything that I have learned about life. It goes on.
        - Robert Frost

The greatest mistake is not admitting when you make one.
    - Winston Churchhill

Nothing great can be achieved without persistant hard work.
    - slogan on a "too too" pencil case


A witty saying proves nothing.
    - Voltaire





Faber est suae quisque fortunae.
        - Appius Claudius Caecus

If you think you can or you can't, you are always right.
    -Henry Ford I.
    
Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit.
        - Marcus Tullius Cicero

The meek shall inherit the earth - but not its mineral rights. 
    - J. Paul Getty
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