The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
PLUTARCHNo beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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But 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.
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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 truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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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Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Come and take them.
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The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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