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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

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
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
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
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
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
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Change Deep Friendship Myself
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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
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

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