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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
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
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
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
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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Character Goodness Greatness Man
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
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
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 would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Excellence Knowledge Material Myself Power

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