Philosophy Quotes
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Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Something which seems funny when it happens to someone else, may not seem so funny when it happens to us.
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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
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The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
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It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
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God helps them that help themselves.
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Always stop to think whether your fun may not be the cause of another’s unhappiness.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
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Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
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People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
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If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.
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United we stand; divided we fall.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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Sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul.
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Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
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Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.
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It is not sacrifice if you love what you’re doing.
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It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
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If you sacrifice liberty for security, you will lose both.
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There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.
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The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.
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Sacrifice today for tomorrow’s betterment, you are willing to pay those payments with pain, because pain is just a message when you are fixing something that’s insufficient in your life.
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Sometimes you have to sacrifice your pride to really go after what you want.
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You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
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Never let someone’s opinion become your reality. Never sacrifice who you are because someone else has a problem with it. Love who you are inside and out.
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Good people are like candles. They burn themselves up to give others light.
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Strong minds suffer without complaining, weak minds complain without suffering.
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Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
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The fear of rejection puts a ceiling on your dreams, locks doors of opportunity, and traps you inside vicious cycles of insanity.
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Victory breeds hatred; the defeated lives in grief. Whoever has renounced both the victories and defeats lives in happiness.
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If fighting is sure to result in victory, than you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler’s bidding.
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Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
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Do not press an enemy at bay.
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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Know yourself and you will win all battles.
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Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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Keep your friends close, your enemies even closer.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
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Quickness is the essence of the war.
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Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
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The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.
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Sometimes we need to loss the small battles in order to win the war.
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You need the right people with you, not the best people.