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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.

Samuel Johnson

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Goodness Measurement Treat True
Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Himself Man Pride Vice
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Courage Greatness Himself Man Preserve Security Virtue
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Advice Need Welcome
Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Courage Hope Inspirational One Liner
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Conscience Deep Fear God Man Rise Shame Wisdom
A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Forgive Man Necessary Pain True Value Wisdom
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Exam Fake Invitation Truth
The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Enjoyment Happiness Travel Woman
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Love Reading Wisdom Yourself
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Health Moral Preserve Religious Social Virtue
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Retirement Sorry Talent Thinking World Yourself
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Evil Man Misery Repeat
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Man Praise Rich Virtue Wealth Wisdom World
A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Animal Home Mathematics

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.

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