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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Plutarch

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
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
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Anger Man Power Savage
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
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
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
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
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
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
But a man cannot by writing a bill of divorce to his vice get rid of all trouble at once, and enjoy tranquillity by living apart.
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Enjoyment Man Trouble Vice Writing
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
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
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
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
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity

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