To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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Come and take them.
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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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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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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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The 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.
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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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