"The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous."

Act, Fact, Grief, Man

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"The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous."

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"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

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"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

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"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

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"It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope."

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"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."

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"God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us."

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"We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either."

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"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."

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