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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

Neither blame nor praise yourself.
PLUTARCH

Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
PLUTARCH

Regret Remember Talk
In a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.
PLUTARCH

Fantasy Season Talk Time Winter Word
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
PLUTARCH

Advice Learning Live Man True
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
PLUTARCH

Evidence Love Trust
To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
PLUTARCH

Alone Beyond Friendship Nature Philosophy Seek
May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
PLUTARCH

Impossible Man Myself
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.
PLUTARCH

Feeling Greatness Nature Shame
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
PLUTARCH

Death Fight Rich War
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
PLUTARCH

Change Deep Friendship Myself
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
PLUTARCH

Deep Friendship Struggle
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
PLUTARCH

Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
PLUTARCH

Happiness Talk Yourself
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
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
PLUTARCH

Character Mindset Seen Word
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
PLUTARCH

Philosophy Soul Spiritual

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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