Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
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We ought indeed to shrink from and feel shame at what is base, but nature which is over-cautious to avoid blame may be gentle and kindly, but cannot be great.
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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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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Come and take them.
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The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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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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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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