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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.

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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
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
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy 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
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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Advice Learning Live Man True
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
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
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
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
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
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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
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
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

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