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I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Plutarch

Come and take them.
PLUTARCH

Minimalism 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
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
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.
PLUTARCH

Man Philosophy World
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
PLUTARCH

Animal Live Philosophy Right
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
PLUTARCH

Courage Oneself Philosophy
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love 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
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Fear Memories Myself Pain

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