Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
Subject:
Life   
Excellence   
Acting   
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
Subject:
Life   
Laughter   
Adversity   
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I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?
Subject:
Life   
God   
Secrets   
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Subject:
Wisdom   
Adversity   
Wealth   
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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
Subject:
Courage   
Adversity   
Power   
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The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
Subject:
Future   
Mind   
Anxious   
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Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
Subject:
Evil   
Fool   
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We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
Subject:
God   
Religious   
Human Nature   
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But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!
Subject:
Money   
Wealth   
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
Subject:
Life   
Learning   
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Subject:
Wisdom   
Words   
Mind   
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
Subject:
Life   
Ignorance   
Moderation   
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Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
Subject:
Love & Romance   
Spiritual   
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Subject:
Greed   
Poverty   
Source: Epistles
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Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
Subject:
Crime   
Virtue   
Philosophical   
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
Subject:
Difficulty   
Learning   
Mind   
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When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
Subject:
Speech   
Mind   
Corrupt   
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In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
Subject:
War   
God   
Victory   
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Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.
Subject:
Work   
Talent   
Science   
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Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.
Subject:
Life   
Health   
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