"It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland."

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"It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland."

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"Assume a virtue if you have it not."

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"Crime when it succeeds is called virtue."

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"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon."

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Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me."

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"Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it."

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"Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least."

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