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The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.

Plutarch

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 like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
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
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
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
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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
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
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 truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.

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