Come and take them.
PLUTARCHAn imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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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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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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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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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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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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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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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 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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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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