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Painting is silent poetry.

Plutarch

Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
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
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
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
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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Future Man Mistake Power Wisdom
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
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
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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

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