The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
PLUTARCHBut a man cannot by writing a bill of divorce to his vice get rid of all trouble at once, and enjoy tranquillity by living apart.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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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Come and take them.
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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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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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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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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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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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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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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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