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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

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
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
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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Character Goodness Greatness Man
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
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Experience Knowledge Myself Strange True
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
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
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
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
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
PLUTARCH

Advice Learning Live Man True
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

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