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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.

Plutarch

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
It’s a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, it is a very easy matter, but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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Difficult Easy Greatness Man Place Produce
May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
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Impossible Man Myself
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Excellence Knowledge Material Myself Power
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Courage Oneself Philosophy
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Fear Memories Myself Pain
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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Character Goodness Greatness Man
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
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Death Fight Rich War
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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Future Man Mistake Power Wisdom

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