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.
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 does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
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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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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Character is simply a habit long continued.
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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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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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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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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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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 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.
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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 superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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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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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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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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