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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Bad Breathe Insight Wisdom
One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Forgiveness Insult Man Respect Return Treat Wrong
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Afraid Children Darkness Depression Forgiveness Life Men Traged
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Dead Deep Desire Hate Inspirational One Liner
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Fight Justice Man Private Public Survive Time
My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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Hate Hatred Proof Simplicity Speak Speech Truth
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Account Evil Himself Injured Injustice Journey Man Return Suffering
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Attain Compassion Empire Impossible Kingdom Reach Understand
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Improvement Inspirational Labor Men Time Writing Yourself
The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Enjoyment Life Live Principle
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Beware Busy Life One Liner
Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Couple Deep Discuss Relationship Speak
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Crush Improvement Wisdom Yourself
Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Beautiful Inspirational Live One Liner
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Ashamed Care Fame Improvement Money Prestige Soul Truth Wisdom
I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Believe Excellence Human Intelligence Oneself

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