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

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
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
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
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
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.
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Enjoyment Man Trouble Vice Writing
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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Future Man Mistake Power Wisdom
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
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
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust

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