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Found in the topic Poetry.
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| "To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring
danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and
noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them." | |
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Found in the topic Evil.
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| "Where the lion?s skin will not reach, you must patch it out with the
fox?s." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle? Know
thyself and Nothing too much; and upon these all other precepts
depend." | |
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Found in the topic Self.
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| "When the candles are out all women are fair." | |
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Found in the topic Beauty.
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| "The King said, The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the
Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you." | |
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Found in the topic Government.
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| "It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as
is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other
contempt." | |
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Found in the topic God.
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| "Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh
friends." | |
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Found in the topic Adversity.
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| "Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need,
is dear at a penny." | |
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Found in the topic Bargain.
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| "Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which
cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken
little by little." | |
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Found in the topic Persecution.
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| "Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the
funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered with
mortals, he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life. Since he is gone
where he feels no pain, let us not indulge in too much grief. The soul is
incapable of death. And he, like a bird not long enough in his cage to
become attached to it, is free to fly away to a purer air.... Since we
cherish a trust like this, let our outward actions be in accord with it,
and let us keep our hearts pure and our minds calm." | |
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Found in the topic Funerals.
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| "Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, But being resolutely
minded in a just cause." | |
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Found in the topic Courage.
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| "The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune." | |
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Found in the topic Character.
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| "Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men"s
virtues or vices may be best discovered: but very often an action of small
note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person"s real
character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important
battle." | |
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Found in the topic Achievement.
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| "Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of
the world." | |
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Found in the topic Mankind.
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| "In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of
the speaker." | |
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Found in the topic Word.
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| "There is no doubt that the real destroyer of the liberties of any
people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and
largess." | |
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Found in the topic Liberty.
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| "Socrates said, "Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas
good men eat and drink that they may live."" | |
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Found in the topic Gluttony.
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| "To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult." | |
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Found in the topic Better.
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| "The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be
kindled." | |
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Found in the topic Mind.
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