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

Plutarch

A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Literature 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
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 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

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