The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
PLUTARCHRather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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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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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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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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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Painting is silent poetry.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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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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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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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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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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