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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

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
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
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
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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Myself Thinking Young
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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Character Goodness Greatness Man
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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
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
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Death Fight Rich War

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

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