Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
PLUTARCHIt is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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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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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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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