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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
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
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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Minimalism One Liner
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
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
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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Regret Remember Talk
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
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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

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