Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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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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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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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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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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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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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Painting is silent poetry.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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