It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration.
PLUTARCHMay I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
More Plutarch Quotes
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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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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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.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.
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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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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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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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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Those who receive with most pains and difficulty, remember best; every new think they learn, being, as it were, burnt and branded in on their minds.
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