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May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?

Plutarch

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
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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Myself Thinking Young
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Death Fight Rich War
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
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
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
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
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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
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

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