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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.

Plutarch

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
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
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
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
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
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Change Deep Friendship Myself
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
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
Even those virtues that nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them.
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Confidence Nature Success Virtue
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset

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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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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