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Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

Plutarch

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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Experience Knowledge Myself Strange True
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
It’s a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, it is a very easy matter, but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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Difficult Easy Greatness Man Place Produce
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Alone Beyond Friendship Nature Philosophy Seek
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy 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
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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Future Man Mistake Power Wisdom
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Courage Oneself Philosophy
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

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