All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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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Come and take them.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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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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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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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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They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Those who receive with most pains and difficulty, remember best; every new think they learn, being, as it were, burnt and branded in on their minds.
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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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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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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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