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