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The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

Plutarch

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
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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
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
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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
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
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
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
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
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Literature Myself

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