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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Plutarch

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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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Advice Learning Live Man True
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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Deep Friendship Struggle
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
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
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
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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Art Creation Deserve

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