I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
PLUTARCHI am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
PLUTARCHTo find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
PLUTARCHThe mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
PLUTARCHDo not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
PLUTARCHAdversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
PLUTARCHI don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
PLUTARCHCourage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
PLUTARCHThose 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.
PLUTARCHCharacter is simply a habit long continued.
PLUTARCHKnow how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
PLUTARCHThe future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
PLUTARCHA mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.
PLUTARCHIn 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.
PLUTARCHTo the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
PLUTARCHThe whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
PLUTARCHThe poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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