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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.

Plutarch

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
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
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
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 find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
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
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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
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
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

Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.

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