Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
PLUTARCHIt is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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It’s a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, it is a very easy matter, but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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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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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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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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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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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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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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