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But a man cannot by writing a bill of divorce to his vice get rid of all trouble at once, and enjoy tranquillity by living apart.

Plutarch

The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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Difficult God True
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
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
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
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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Atheist Believe Fear God Man
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness 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
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
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
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
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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