Category: philosopher
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
Michel de Montaigne
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If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.
Confucius
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
Thomas Carlyle
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
Confucius
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
Michel de Montaigne
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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
Plato
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
Francis Bacon