Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
PLUTARCHThe whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
More Plutarch Quotes
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Painting is silent poetry.
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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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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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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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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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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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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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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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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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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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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.
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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Come and take them.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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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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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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