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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Plutarch

Neither blame nor praise yourself.
PLUTARCH

Blame One Liner Praise Self Love Yourself
Character is simply a habit long continued.
PLUTARCH

Character Habit One Liner
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
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
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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Difficult Easy Greatness Man Place Produce
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
PLUTARCH

Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
PLUTARCH

Death Nation Rich
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
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
PLUTARCH

Enjoyment Man Time
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
PLUTARCH

Character Goodness Greatness Man
Come and take them.
PLUTARCH

Minimalism One Liner
The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
PLUTARCH

Difficult God True
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.
PLUTARCH

Future Man Mistake Power Wisdom
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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Atheist Believe Fear God Man
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
PLUTARCH

Animal Live Philosophy Right
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

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