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All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
Plutarch
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We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
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To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
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Neither blame or praise yourself.
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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
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