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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yielding themselves up when taken little by little.

Plutarch

I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
PLUTARCH

Literature Myself
May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
PLUTARCH

Impossible Man Myself
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.
PLUTARCH

Evil Live Man Victim
But a man cannot by writing a bill of divorce to his vice get rid of all trouble at once, and enjoy tranquillity by living apart.
PLUTARCH

Enjoyment Man Trouble Vice Writing
Neither blame nor praise yourself.
PLUTARCH

Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
PLUTARCH

Happiness Talk Yourself
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
PLUTARCH

Advice Learning Live Man True
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
PLUTARCH

Change Deep Friendship Myself
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.
PLUTARCH

Confidence Nature Success Virtue
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
PLUTARCH

Death Fight Rich War
A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
PLUTARCH

Fire Light Mindset
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
PLUTARCH

Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
PLUTARCH

Adversity Balance Friendship Weigh
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.
PLUTARCH

Experience Knowledge Myself Strange True
The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
PLUTARCH

Determination Future Oneself
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
PLUTARCH

Character Mindset Seen Word

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