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Let him who would move the world first move himself.

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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Avoid Death Difficult Ignorance Run Wicked
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Artificial Contentment Deep Luxury Natural Poverty Wealth
Wisdom begins in wonder.
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One Liner Wisdom Wonder
The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Enjoyment Life Live Principle
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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Authority Bad Children Contempt Disrespect Exercise Love Luxury Manner Place
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Ashamed Care Fame Improvement Money Prestige Soul Truth Wisdom
If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Goodness Inspirational Saddle Struggle Tame
Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Agriculture Ignorant Man Problem Wheat
The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Break Up Cold Deep Ending Hot Love One Liner
When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Bad Breathe Insight Wisdom
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Envy One Liner Soul
Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Deep Healing Love Need One Liner
I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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Comfortable Enjoyment Life Peace
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Condition Depression Fortune Hard Time Human Joy Misfortune Permanent Remember Sorrow
I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Believe God Religion
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Content Minimalism Nature Rich Wealth

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

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