In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
PLUTARCHIt is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
More Plutarch Quotes
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Come and take them.
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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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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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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.
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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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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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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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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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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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Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.
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The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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