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"Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity."
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"When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes."
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"You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year."
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"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."
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"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."
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"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."
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"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."
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"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat."
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"No man may make another free."
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"Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men."
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"To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery."
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"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."
Blame
"It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal."
Friendship
"If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes."
Action
"Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity."
Man
"Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards."
Beauty
"Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about."
Birds
"When many work together for a goal, Great things may be accomplished. It is said a lion cub was killed By a single colony of ants."
Work
"By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top."
Growth
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