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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
Plutarch
LearningGoodFutureWisdomPower
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
CharacterWordsMindSeenState
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
ManChanceClayFortuneBricksLeft
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.
FateHimWhoResistLeadsFollows
The wildest colts make the best horses.
BestMakeHorsesWildest
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
GloryAncestorsOurIndeedThing
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
GoodEvilThanLessCommission
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
AdversityManProsperityNothing
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.
GodOpinionBetterBeliefHimOnly
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
YouProfitKnowWillTalkListen
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
CourageHalfwayCowardiceExcess
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
KnowledgePowerPossessionsExcel
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