Aphorisms

You break a nation, you own it. But how can you fix it when you can't even fix your own?

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Bittersweet is the remembrance of people, places and things that are no more. They are days of heaven eclipsed by longing for a past that can never be, ever again.

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How wonderful is the fragrance of a distant memory summoned to bloom anew.

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Although I cannot see you,  

I sense your presence;

you are the shadow of the wind

reflected in the dance of trees.

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The earth opened its mouth 

and swallowed my leg.

Now I understand what it means to have one foot in the grave.

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There is no lesser of two evils,

real or imagined.

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Truth be told a good many people never fact check the truth.

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May our graves be more comfortable than our beds.

May our sleep be without nightmares.

May we awaken to wondrous dreams.

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How is it a lamb can be vigilant when a wolf is near, yet the shepherd may be the one who consumes him.

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