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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Plutarch

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
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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Difficult Easy
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
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Change Deep Friendship Myself
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
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
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
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
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
We ought indeed to shrink from and feel shame at what is base, but nature which is over-cautious to avoid blame may be gentle and kindly, but cannot be great.
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Feeling Greatness Nature Shame
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
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner

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