The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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