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.
PLUTARCHCharacter is simply a habit long continued.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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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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Painting is silent poetry.
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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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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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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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