Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
PLUTARCHVultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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 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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Those who receive with most pains and difficulty, remember best; every new think they learn, being, as it were, burnt and branded in on their minds.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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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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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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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.
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