They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.
PLUTARCHIt’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.
More Plutarch Quotes
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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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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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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 fact is that men who know nothing of decency in their own lives are only too ready to launch foul slanders against their betters and to offer them up as victims to the evil deity of popular envy.
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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.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Those who receive with most pains and difficulty, remember best; every new think they learn, being, as it were, burnt and branded in on their minds.
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Painting is silent poetry.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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