Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
PLUTARCHTo 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.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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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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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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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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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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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It’s a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, it is a very easy matter, but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Come and take them.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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