The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
PLUTARCHPainting is silent poetry.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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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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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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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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Even those virtues that nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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Come and take them.
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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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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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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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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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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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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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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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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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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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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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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