Neither blame nor praise yourself.
PLUTARCHIt does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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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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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Come and take them.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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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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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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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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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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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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