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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
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
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
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
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
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself

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