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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.

Plutarch

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
The fact is that men who know nothing of decency in their own lives are only too ready to launch foul slanders against their betters and to offer them up as victims to the evil deity of popular envy.
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Evil Live Man Victim
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
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
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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Man Philosophy World
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
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy

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