Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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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Come and take them.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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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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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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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.
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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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Painting is silent poetry.
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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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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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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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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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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 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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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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