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.
PLUTARCHIt does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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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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May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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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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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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