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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
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Impossible Man Myself
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
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
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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
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 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

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