Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
PLUTARCHEven those virtues that nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them.
More Plutarch Quotes
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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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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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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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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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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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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