"However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue."

Wisdom, Men, Virtue, Consequences

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"However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue."

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"Honour pricks me on. Yea but how if honour prick me off when I come on? How then? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then? No. What is honour? A word."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Knowledge, ideas, and wisdom are the most powerful forces that we can use to improve lives while bringing peace to this beautiful world."

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"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."

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"Self-knowledge is the greatest education."

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"You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions."

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"Time is a precious gift."

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"Unless you know where you are going then you will not know how to get there."

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"You either waste, spend or invest time. Make your choice wisely."

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"However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue."

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"Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form."

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