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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

Plutarch

I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Literature Myself
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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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Difficult Easy Greatness Man Place Produce
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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Change Deep Friendship Myself
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
PLUTARCH

Animal Live Philosophy Right
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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Atheist Believe Fear God Man
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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.
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Feeling Greatness Nature Shame
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
PLUTARCH

Deep Friendship Struggle
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
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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Evil Live Man Victim
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Season Silence Wisdom
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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Regret Remember Talk

The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

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