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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.

Plutarch

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

Literature Myself
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.
PLUTARCH

Evil Live Man Victim
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
PLUTARCH

Man Philosophy World
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
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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Impossible Man Myself
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
PLUTARCH

Courage Oneself Philosophy
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
PLUTARCH

Fear Memories Myself Pain
In a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.
PLUTARCH

Fantasy Season Talk Time Winter Word
Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Character Habit One Liner
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Happiness Talk Yourself
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
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
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
PLUTARCH

Fire Light Mindset
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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Determination Future Oneself
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Philosophy Togetherness
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.
PLUTARCH

Feeling Greatness Nature Shame

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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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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