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

Plutarch

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
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 whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
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
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
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
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
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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
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
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 consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
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
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh

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