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Neither blame nor praise yourself.

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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
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 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
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
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
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
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
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
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
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
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

Neither blame nor praise yourself.

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