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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

Plutarch

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Excellence Knowledge Material Myself Power
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Literature Myself
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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
Those who receive with most pains and difficulty, remember best; every new think they learn, being, as it were, burnt and branded in on their minds.
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Difficult Learning Pain Thinking
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Fear Memories Myself Pain
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

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