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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.

Plutarch

Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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
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
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Fear Memories Myself Pain
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
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
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
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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Man Philosophy World

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