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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?

Plutarch

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
PLUTARCH

Excellence Knowledge Material Myself Power
Painting is silent poetry.
PLUTARCH

One Liner Poetry Silence
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
PLUTARCH

Evidence Love Trust
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
PLUTARCH

Philosophy Soul Spiritual
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
PLUTARCH

Regret Remember Talk
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
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
PLUTARCH

Creation Deep Music
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
PLUTARCH

Change Deep Friendship Myself
The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
PLUTARCH

Determination Future Oneself
The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
PLUTARCH

Difficult God True
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
PLUTARCH

Literature Myself
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
PLUTARCH

Character Mindset Seen Word
Those who receive with most pains and difficulty, remember best; every new think they learn, being, as it were, burnt and branded in on their minds.
PLUTARCH

Difficult Learning Pain Thinking
Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
PLUTARCH

Season Silence Wisdom
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
PLUTARCH

Anger Man Power Savage
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.
PLUTARCH

Enjoyment Man Trouble Vice Writing

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