Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms...

Sometimes, great wisdom comes in a few words or a short sentence. You would be familiar with some of these aphorisms, proverbs, axioms, maxims... If not, it is good to remember a few of these words of wisdom, and pepper your conversations with them to impress your friends.

The beauty of these axioms and maxims, is that they are simple and easy to understand and yet, they hold so much truth in them. Some of them, you will notice, are simply, factual statements. And yet, if you could speak them at the right moment, it shows the wisdom in you.

These simple phrases of truth and wisdom are also inspiring, comforting, and powerful. So, you never know when a few simple words from you might boost someone's confidence, or change someone's point of view, or even turn someone's life around.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mystery. - Albert Einstein

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. - Alfred Hitchcock

It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived. - Publilius Syrus

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them. - Publilius Syrus

If you think that it is not necessary – don’t! - Unknown

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. - Eric Hoffer

Aspire to Inspire before you Expire. - Unknown

The resolved mind hath no cares. - George Herbert

It is the heights you reach that count, not the height you are. - Unknown

He who seizes the right moment, is the right man. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If you talk the talk, you damn well better walk the walk. - Anthony D'Angelo

Of all the acts of man, repentance is the most divine. - Thomas Carlyle

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