An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
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One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.
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A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.
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Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.
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