Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
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Advice   
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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Wisdom   
Evil   
Good   
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Friendship   
Mankind   
Human Nature   
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Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
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Memory   
Struggle   
Suffering   
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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
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Wisdom   
Truth   
Virtue   
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Laws are silent in time of war.
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Wisdom   
War   
Laws   
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Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
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Wisdom   
Politicians   
Speech   
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The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.
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Arrogance   
Government   
Power   
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A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
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Compassion   
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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
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Wisdom   
Politics   
Speech   
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True nobility is exempt from fear.
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Character   
Fear   
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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
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Freedom   
Peace   
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Hatred is inveterate anger.
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Anger   
Hate   
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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
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Wisdom   
Advice   
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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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Character   
Life   
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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
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Life   
Courage   
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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Wisdom   
Truth   
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I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
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Education   
Genius   
Talent   
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Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
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Age   
Youth   
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Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
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God   
Religious   
Spiritual   
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