Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
PLUTARCHThe poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
More Plutarch Quotes
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They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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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May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
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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 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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Painting is silent poetry.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Come and take them.
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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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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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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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