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

Plutarch

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
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
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
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
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
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
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 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
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
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
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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
To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Alone Beyond Friendship Nature Philosophy Seek
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
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
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Experience Knowledge Myself Strange True
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom

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