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.
PLUTARCHPainting is silent poetry.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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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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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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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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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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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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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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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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Come and take them.
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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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