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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.

Plutarch

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
PLUTARCH

Courage Oneself Philosophy
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
PLUTARCH

Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
PLUTARCH

Difficult God True
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.
PLUTARCH

Enjoyment Man Trouble Vice Writing
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
PLUTARCH

Advice Learning Live Man True
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
PLUTARCH

Literature Myself
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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Death Fight Rich War
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Fear Memories Myself Pain
The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
PLUTARCH

Determination Future Oneself
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
PLUTARCH

Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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Philosophy Soul Spiritual
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Darkness Sufficient Vice Virtue
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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Experience Knowledge Myself Strange True
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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Man Philosophy World
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right

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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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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