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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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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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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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This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest.…
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When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.
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There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every…
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Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults…
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be…
— Sivananda
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This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.
— Juvenal
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Know thyself! This is the source of all wisdom, said the great thinkers of the past, and the sentence was written in…
— Karl Ernst von Baer
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Know thyself, especially thyself after a couple of drinks.
— Robert Breault
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Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self.
— Ralph Blum
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Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.
— Juvenal
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In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He…
— Aleister Crowley
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