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

Plutarch

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
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
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
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 whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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Advice Learning Live Man True
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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Man Philosophy World
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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
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
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
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
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 poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Death Fight Rich War

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