Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
PLUTARCHThose 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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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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.
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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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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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