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.
PLUTARCHRemember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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But a man cannot by writing a bill of divorce to his vice get rid of all trouble at once, and enjoy tranquillity by living apart.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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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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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Painting is silent poetry.
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Come and take them.
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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