It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
PLUTARCHTo find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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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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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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Even those virtues that nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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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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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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