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

Plutarch

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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
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
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
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
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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Regret Remember Talk
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
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
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
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
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
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
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
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
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
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
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
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
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich

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

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