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A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company
Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.
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No man is nobler born than another, unless he is born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. They who make such a parade with their family pictures and pedigrees, are, properly speaking, rather to be called noted or notorious than noble persons. I thought it right to say this much, in order to repel the insolence of men who depend entirely upon chance and accidental circumstances for distinction, and not at all on public services and personal merit.
A man's ability cannot possibly be of one sort and his soul of another. If his soul be well-ordered, serious and restrained, his ability also is sound and sober. Conversely, when the one degenerates, the other is contaminated.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Don't stumble over something behind you.
Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.
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Abstinence is easier than temperance.
