Pick two of the following aphorisms then interpret and reflect upon it. Do you think it's true - why or why not?

Pick two of the following aphorisms then interpret and reflect upon it.  Do you think it's true - why or why not?

*Absolute power corrupts absolutely.  ~Lord Acton
*Lost time is never found again.  ~Benjamin Franklin
*Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
*Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see.  ~Mark Twain
*That which does not destroy us makes us stronger.   ~Friedrich Nietzsche
*It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.    ~Albert Einstein
*No one ever gossips about the virtue of others.    ~Bertrand Russell
*The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. ~William Faulkner
*Life's Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.   ~Benjamin Franklin
*The simplest questions are the hardest to answer.    ~Northrop Frye
*Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.   ~Rudyard Kipling