A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
PLUTARCHEvidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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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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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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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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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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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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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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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 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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Painting is silent poetry.
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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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