The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
PLUTARCHMusic, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Painting is silent poetry.
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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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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 mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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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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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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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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