In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.Plutarch
He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself
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The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry which ofttimes ends in choler, bitterness, and morosity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.
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The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.
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The Heavens seemed to men to fulfill the functions of father, and the Earth of mother. The former impregnated the earth with its fertilizing rains, and the earth, receiving them, became fruitful and brought forth.
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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.
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