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.
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 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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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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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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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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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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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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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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Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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