The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
PLUTARCHI am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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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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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
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Painting is silent poetry.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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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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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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In a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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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 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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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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