Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
PLUTARCHVultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
More Plutarch Quotes
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Painting is silent poetry.
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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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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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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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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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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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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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.
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