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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

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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
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
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
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 stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Courage Oneself Philosophy
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
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
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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

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