The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
PLUTARCHIt is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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 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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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Painting is silent poetry.
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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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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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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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