An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
form of writing raised to the highest level of expressive communication. Carl William Brown



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Where there is much light, the shadow is deep.

 

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)

 

The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.

 

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784, British author)

 

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

 

Saadi (c. 1210 - 1290, Persian poet)

 

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