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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.

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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
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
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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Advice Learning Live Man True
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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
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
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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
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

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