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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

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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
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
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
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
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Excellence Knowledge Material Myself Power
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
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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 poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Death Fight Rich War
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Literature Myself
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom

The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

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