The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
PLUTARCHKnow how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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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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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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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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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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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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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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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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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