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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.

Plutarch

It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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Advice Learning Live Man True
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
We ought indeed to shrink from and feel shame at what is base, but nature which is over-cautious to avoid blame may be gentle and kindly, but cannot be great.
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Feeling Greatness Nature Shame
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
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
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
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
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
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
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Those who receive with most pains and difficulty, remember best; every new think they learn, being, as it were, burnt and branded in on their minds.
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Difficult Learning Pain Thinking
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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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Deep Friendship Struggle
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust

Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.

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