Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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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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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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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 truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.
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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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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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 superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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