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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.

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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
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
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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Regret Remember Talk
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
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
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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Atheist Believe Fear God Man
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
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
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
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity

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