Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
PLUTARCHIt is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
More Plutarch Quotes
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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
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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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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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In 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.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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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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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything.
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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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Neither blame nor praise yourself.
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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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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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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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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.
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Come and take them.
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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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Painting is silent poetry.
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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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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.
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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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To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.
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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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