It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
PLUTARCHI am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Come and take them.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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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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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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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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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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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
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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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