Plutarch Quotes
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“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
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“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
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“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
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“No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.”
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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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“Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.”
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“Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.”
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“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.”
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“To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
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“The wildest colts make the best horses.”
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“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.”
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“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
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“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
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“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”
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“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.”
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“Character is simply habit long continued.”
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“It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
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“Neither blame or praise yourself.”
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“Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.”