All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
PLUTARCHTo 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.
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The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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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.
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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.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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