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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Plutarch

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
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
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
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
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Determination Future Oneself
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
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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Deep Friendship Struggle
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
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
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
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue

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