Plutarch on determination
Plutarch51 quotes“The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.”
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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.
PlutarchPlutarch In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
PlutarchPlutarch Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
PlutarchPlutarch Even those virtues that nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them.
PlutarchPlutarch Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
PlutarchPlutarch A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
PlutarchPlutarch We ought indeed to shrink from and feel shame at what is base, but nature which is over-cautious to avoid blame may be gentle and kindly, but cannot be great.
PlutarchPlutarch 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.
PlutarchPlutarch Painting is silent poetry.
PlutarchPlutarch 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.
PlutarchPlutarch The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
PlutarchPlutarch Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
PlutarchPlutarch Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
PlutarchPlutarch 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.
PlutarchPlutarch Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
PlutarchPlutarch Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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