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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.

Plutarch

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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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 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
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
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
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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Difficult Easy Greatness Man Place Produce
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Man Time
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
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
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Death Fight Rich War
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Evidence Love Trust
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom

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