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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Plutarch

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

Feeling Greatness Nature Shame
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
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
PLUTARCH

Regret Remember Talk
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 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
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
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
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light 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.
PLUTARCH

Enjoyment Man Trouble Vice Writing
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
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself

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