The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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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A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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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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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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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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The fact is that men who know nothing of decency in their own lives are only too ready to launch foul slanders against their betters and to offer them up as victims to the evil deity of popular envy.
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Painting is silent poetry.
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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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