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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.

Plutarch

Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
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Impossible Man Myself
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
The fact is that men who know nothing of decency in their own lives are only too ready to launch foul slanders against their betters and to offer them up as victims to the evil deity of popular envy.
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Evil Live Man Victim
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
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.
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Feeling Greatness Nature Shame
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
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
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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Character Goodness Greatness Man
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh

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