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For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow had an experience which enabled me to follow the meaning of words.
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Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.
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When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they themselves touch the inflammation: But a man sunk in grief suffers every chance comer to stir and augment his affliction like a running sore; and by reason of the fingering and consequent irritation it hardens into a serious and intractable evil.
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For water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
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Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
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Agesilaus was very fond of his children; and it is reported that once toying with them he got astride upon a reed as upon a horse, and rode about the room; and being seen by one of his friends, he desired him not to speak of it till he had children of his own.
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When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.
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Let us not wonder if something happens which never was before, or if something doth not appear among us with which the ancients were acquainted.
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As Cæsar was at supper the discourse was of death,-which sort was the best. 'That,' said he, 'which is unexpected.'
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Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. 'They are tall,' said he, 'and comely, but bear no fruit.'
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The great god Pan is dead.
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Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one's own praises.
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There is no perfecter endowment in man than political virtue.
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Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man.
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The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves the whole, and by yielding in a small matter secures a greater.
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When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.
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Lysander said, 'Where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be pieced with the fox's.'
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Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.
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What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water.
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It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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Socrates... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
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Painting is silent poetry.
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To one that promised to give him hardy cocks that would die fighting, 'Prithee,' said Cleomenes, 'give me cocks that will kill fighting.'
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A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.
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