Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
PLUTARCHIn words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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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.
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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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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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