The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
PLUTARCHThe future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
More Plutarch Quotes
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It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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The fact is that men who know nothing of decency in their own lives are only too ready to launch foul slanders against their betters and to offer them up as victims to the evil deity of popular envy.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
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It’s a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, it is a very easy matter, but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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Come and take them.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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