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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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But a man cannot by writing a bill of divorce to his vice get rid of all trouble at once, and enjoy tranquillity by living apart.
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Enjoyment Man Trouble Vice Writing
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
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Change Deep Friendship Myself
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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Difficult God True
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
Even those virtues that nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them.
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Confidence Nature Success Virtue
To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Alone Beyond Friendship Nature Philosophy Seek
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.
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Myself Thinking Young
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
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Determination Future Oneself
It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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Art Creation Deserve
The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
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Experience Knowledge Myself Strange True
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh

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