They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.
PLUTARCHThose 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.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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 superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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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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Painting is silent poetry.
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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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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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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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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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