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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.

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
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
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 mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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.
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Enjoyment Man Trouble Vice Writing
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
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
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
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
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
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
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
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

Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.

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