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Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing…
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It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
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It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
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Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
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But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that…
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Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered,…
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When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'
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If you declare that you are naturally designed for such a diet, then first kill for yourself what you want to eat.…
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Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man…
— Woody Hayes
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The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal.
— Unknown Author
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Where one despises, one cannot wage war.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises?…
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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Science even more than the Gospel teaches us humility. She cannot look down on anything, she does not know what superiority means,…
— Alexander Herzen
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If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing with men.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
— Confucius
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Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.
— Michel de Montaigne
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