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Plutarch

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.
PLUTARCH

Myself Thinking Young
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
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.
PLUTARCH

Evil Live Man Victim
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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Confidence Nature Success 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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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Difficult God True
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
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
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
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
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
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Experience Knowledge Myself Strange True
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
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.
PLUTARCH

Man Philosophy World
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 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
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
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
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
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
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage

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