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Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.
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When Darius offered him ten thousand talents, and to divide Asia equally with him, "I would accept it," said Parmenio, "were I Alexander." "And so truly would I," said Alexander, "if I were Parmenio." But he answered Darius that the earth could not bear two suns, nor Asia two kings.
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We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most.
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It is the usual consolation of the envious, if they cannot maintain their superiority, to represent those by whom they are surpassed as inferior to some one else.
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To Harmodius, descended from the ancient Harmodius, when he reviled Iphicrates [a shoemaker's son] for his mean birth, "My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you.
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Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.
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It was not important how many enemies there are, but where the enemy is
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Grief is like a physical pain which must be allowed to subside somewhat on its own before medical treatment is applied.
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He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself
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