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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.

Plutarch

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
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 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
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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Regret Remember Talk
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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
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
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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Atheist Believe Fear God Man
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Courage Oneself Philosophy

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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