I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
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There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
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The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
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