Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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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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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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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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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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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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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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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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