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.
PLUTARCHSilence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
More Plutarch Quotes
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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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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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 truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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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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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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