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

Plutarch

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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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Deep Friendship Struggle
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
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
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
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
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.
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Man Philosophy World
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
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
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
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

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