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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Plutarch

Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Death Fight Rich War
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
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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

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