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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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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
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
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
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich

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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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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