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It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.

Plutarch

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy 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 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
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
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
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
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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Atheist Believe Fear God Man
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Literature Myself
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
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
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Courage Oneself Philosophy
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
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
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity

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