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Whenever anything is spoken against you that is not true, do not pass by or despise it because it is false but forthwith examine yourself, and consider what you have said or done that may administer a just occasion of reproof.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Wickedness frames the engines of her own torment. She is a wonderful artisan of a miserable life.
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Character is long-standing habit.
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The generous mind adds dignity to every act, and nothing misbecomes it.
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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
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He who owns a hundred sheep must fight with fifty wolves
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Pittacus said, Every one of you hath his particular plague, and my wife is mine and he is very happy who hath this only.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
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It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper.
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Agesilaus was very fond of his children and it is reported that once toying with them he got astride upon a reed as upon a horse, and rode about the room and being seen by one of his friends, he desired him not to speak of it till he had children of his own.
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Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.
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If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.
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For, in the language of Heraclitus, the virtuous soul is pure and unmixed light, springing from the body as a flash of lightning darts from the cloud. But the soul that is carnal and immersed in sense, like a heavy and dank vapor, can with difficulty be kindled, and caused to raise its eyes heavenward.
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When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, A fool cannot hold his tongue.
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Come back with your shield - or on it
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And Archimedes, as he was washing, thought of a manner of computing the proportion of gold in King Hiero's crown by seeing the water flowing over the bathing-stool. He leaped up as one possessed or inspired, crying, I have found it! Eureka!.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance.
Plutarch
Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue.
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