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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Believe God Religion
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Education Flame Kindness Learning Vessel
The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Alone Champion Himself Intend Justice Leaving Life Necesaary Politics Survive True
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Blessing Death Greatness Human One Liner
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Constant Fall Friendship
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Except FAction Ignorance Learning One Liner
To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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Bad Character Express Fault Harm Language Oneself Soul
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Improvement Inspirational Labor Men Time Writing Yourself
Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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Blessing Goodness Individual State Wealth
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Divine Immortal Men Peace Soul
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Death Excellence Goodness Individual Men Wealth
Be as you wish to seem.
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Attitude Be Yourself One Liner Self Love
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Decide Deliver Enable Inspirational Instinct Poet Poetry Wisdom
No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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Amateur Beautiful Body Capable Exercise Fitness Grow Inspirational Man Old Physical Strength Traning
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Attain Compassion Empire Impossible Kingdom Reach Understand
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Account Evil Himself Injured Injustice Journey Man Return Suffering

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