Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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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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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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