It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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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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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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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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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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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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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Come and take 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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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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