Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
PLUTARCHThe future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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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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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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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.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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