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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

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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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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 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
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk 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
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music

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