The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
PLUTARCHI would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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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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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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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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The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse 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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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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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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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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