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"Medicine can only cure bodily diseases, but the arts of persuasion can soothe the mind."
"An imbalance between the rich and the poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics."
"Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause."
"Silence is a fence around wisdom."
"Medicine cures the man who is fated not to die."
"It is not histories I am writing, but lives."
"Courage stands in the middle place, from whence those may justly be said to decline on the one hand who rush into danger without sufficient consideration, and on the other who through fear of danger shrink back from doing what reason requires."
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"Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolute in spite of it."
"Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony, must investigate discord."
"Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them."
"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."
"For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human."
"In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker."
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."
"When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door."
"I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better."
"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."
"Do not speak quickly, for that shows the speaker to be more desirous of getting the talk to himself than of deciding what is true."
"To succeed… you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you."
"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it."
"It is the striving that makes us great, not the success."
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"Character is simply a habit long continued."
"Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech."
"A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues."
"To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days."
"Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist."
"The soul of man is immortal and imperishable."
"To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult."
"Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness."
"When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer."
"Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly."
"Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause."
"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."
"I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better."
"Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech."
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"Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks."
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."
"An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics."
"To be ignorant of the lives of the most famous men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days."
"Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage."
"The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits."
"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."
"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."
"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."
"It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration,—nay, it is a very easy matter,—but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."
"Character is simply habit long continued."
"The wildest colts make the best horses."
"Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself."
"It is a common thing, and a thing of course, for mighty men to neglect to consult where duty of all men's cries loudest."
"An example is the best precept."
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