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.
PLUTARCHCourage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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.
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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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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The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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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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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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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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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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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