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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Plutarch

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
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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Deep Friendship Struggle
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
To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Alone Beyond Friendship Nature Philosophy Seek
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
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
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
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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Fantasy Season Talk Time Winter Word
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
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
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself

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