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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.

Plutarch

A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
PLUTARCH

Fire Light Mindset
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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Impossible Man Myself
But a man cannot by writing a bill of divorce to his vice get rid of all trouble at once, and enjoy tranquillity by living apart.
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Enjoyment Man Trouble Vice Writing
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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Man Philosophy World
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Fear Memories Myself Pain
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Difficult Easy
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
PLUTARCH

Philosophy Togetherness
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
PLUTARCH

Advice Learning Live Man True
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
PLUTARCH

Philosophy Soul Spiritual
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
The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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Difficult God True
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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Art Creation Deserve
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.
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Confidence Nature Success Virtue

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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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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