I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
PLUTARCHThe poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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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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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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.
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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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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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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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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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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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