The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
PLUTARCHThe process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
More Plutarch Quotes
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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The fact is that men who know nothing of decency in their own lives are only too ready to launch foul slanders against their betters and to offer them up as victims to the evil deity of popular envy.
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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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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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Painting is silent poetry.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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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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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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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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