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“What is man's greatest bane? His brother man alone.”
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Bias of Priene
#Brother Quotes
#Men Quotes
#Mankind Quotes
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“Some, by admiring other men's virtues, become enemies to their own vices.”
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Bias of Priene
#Men Quotes
#Enemy Quotes
#Vices Quotes
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“Hear much; speak little.”
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Bias of Priene
#Listening Quotes
#Speech Quotes
#Littles Quotes
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“The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.”
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Bias of Priene
#Able Quotes
#Bears Quotes
#Misfortunes Quotes
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“Monarch, thou wishest to cover thyself with glory; be the first to submit to the laws of thy empire.”
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Bias of Priene
#Government Quotes
#Law Quotes
#Empires Quotes
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“Be slow in considering, but resolute in action.”
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Bias of Priene
#Action Quotes
#Considering Quotes
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“He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom.”
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Bias of Priene
#Expectations Quotes
#Stores Quotes
#Wit Quotes
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“It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.”
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Bias of Priene
#Law Quotes
#Crime Quotes
#Makers Quotes
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“Speak of the Gods as they are.”
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Bias of Priene
Source : "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Charles Duke Yonge, c. 230.
#Speak Quotes
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“It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.”
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Bias of Priene
Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations V2: Drawn From The Speech And Literature Of All Nations, Ancient And Modern (1922)". Book by Kate Louise Roberts, 2010.
#Differences Quotes
#Enemy Quotes
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“Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.”
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Bias of Priene
#Journey Quotes
#Support Quotes
#Age Quotes
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“The majority is wicked.”
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Bias of Priene
#Wicked Quotes
#Majority Quotes
#Wickedness Quotes
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