I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
PLUTARCHCharacter is simply a habit long continued.
More Plutarch Quotes
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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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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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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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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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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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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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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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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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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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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