Character is simply a habit long continued.
PLUTARCHThey 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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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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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It’s a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, it is a very easy matter, but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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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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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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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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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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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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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
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