Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion. - William Rounseville Alger
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.
- William Rounseville Alger
The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity. - William Rounseville Alger
The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.
Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor. - William Rounseville Alger
Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.
Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities. - William Rounseville Alger
Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. - William Rounseville Alger
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason. - William Rounseville Alger
A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.
God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others. - William Rounseville Alger
God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.
Keep your working power at its maximum. - William Rounseville Alger
Keep your working power at its maximum.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis. - William Rounseville Alger
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
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