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

Plutarch

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 would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Excellence Knowledge Material Myself Power
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
To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Alone Beyond Friendship Nature Philosophy Seek
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
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
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Death Nation Rich
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
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Death Fight Rich War
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
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
Come and take them.
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Minimalism One Liner

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

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