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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.

Plutarch

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
In a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.
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Fantasy Season Talk Time Winter Word
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
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
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
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Literature Myself
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
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
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
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
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music

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