The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
PLUTARCHCourage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
More Plutarch Quotes
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May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
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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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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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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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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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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.
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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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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
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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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The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Come and take them.
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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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Painting is silent poetry.
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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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