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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.

Plutarch

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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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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Change Deep Friendship Myself
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
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
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right

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