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

Plutarch

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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
It’s a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, it is a very easy matter, but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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Difficult Easy Greatness Man Place Produce
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
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
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
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
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
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
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
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness

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