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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.

Plutarch

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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
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
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 future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
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Determination Future Oneself
To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Alone Beyond Friendship Nature Philosophy Seek
Those who receive with most pains and difficulty, remember best; every new think they learn, being, as it were, burnt and branded in on their minds.
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Difficult Learning Pain Thinking
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
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
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
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

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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