The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
PLUTARCHIn words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
More Plutarch Quotes
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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Come and take them.
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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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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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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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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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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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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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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Painting is silent poetry.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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