Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Virtue is harmony.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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Beans have a soul.
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Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
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Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
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It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
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As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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