The man who deceives shows more justice than he who does not Gorgias
What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable. Fruits of the Earth
One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. Dubliners
It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should? Discourses
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