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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

Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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
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
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
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
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
Even those virtues that nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them.
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Confidence Nature Success Virtue
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
The fact is that men who know nothing of decency in their own lives are only too ready to launch foul slanders against their betters and to offer them up as victims to the evil deity of popular envy.
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Evil Live Man Victim
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.
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Man Philosophy World

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

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