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Courage stands halfway between...

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

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Nothing is harder to direct th...

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

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Perseverance is more prevailin...

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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Moral habits, induced by publi...

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.

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It is circumstance and proper ...

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

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We are more sensible of what i...

We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature.

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Custom is almost a second natu...

Custom is almost a second nature.

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Pythagoras, when he was asked ...

Pythagoras, when he was asked what time was, answered that it was the soul of this world.

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There is no debt with so much ...

There is no debt with so much prejudice put off as that of justice.

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Moral good is a practical stim...

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

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The measure of a man's life is...

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.

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No beast is more savage than m...

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

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Good birth is a fine thing, bu...

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.

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The poor go to war, to fight a...

The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

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But for the sake of some littl...

But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.

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An old doting fool, with one f...

An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.

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Antisthenes says that in a cer...

Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible, so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.

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When the candles are out all w...

When the candles are out all women are fair.

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The superstitious man wishes h...

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

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When a man's eyes are sore his...

When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they themselves touch the inflammation: But a man sunk in grief suffers every chance comer to stir and augment his affliction like a running sore; and by reason of the fingering and consequent irritation it hardens into a serious and intractable evil.

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