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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.

Plutarch

It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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Advice Learning Live Man True
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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Change Deep Friendship Myself
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Fire Light Mindset
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.
PLUTARCH

Feeling Greatness Nature Shame
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
PLUTARCH

Literature Myself
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
PLUTARCH

Happiness Talk Yourself
To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
PLUTARCH

Alone Beyond Friendship Nature Philosophy Seek
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
PLUTARCH

Death Nation Rich
Those who receive with most pains and difficulty, remember best; every new think they learn, being, as it were, burnt and branded in on their minds.
PLUTARCH

Difficult Learning Pain Thinking
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Character Mindset Seen Word
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.
PLUTARCH

Difficult Easy Greatness Man Place Produce
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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Art Creation Deserve
Painting is silent poetry.
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One Liner Poetry Silence
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Creation Deep Music
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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Confidence Nature Success Virtue
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
PLUTARCH

Enjoyment Man Time

I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.

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