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.
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 like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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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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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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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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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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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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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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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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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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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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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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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