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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
— Plutarch
“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
— Plutarch
“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
— Plutarch
“To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
— Plutarch
“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
— Plutarch
“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
— Plutarch
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
— Plutarch
“The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.”
— Plutarch
“We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.”
— Plutarch
“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
“Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.”
— Plutarch
“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”
— Plutarch
“Character is long-standing habit.”
— Plutarch
“In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.”
— Plutarch
“Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.”
— Plutarch
“I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.”
— Plutarch
“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.”
— Plutarch
“Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.”
— Plutarch
“A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.”
— Plutarch
“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.”
— Plutarch
“The wildest colts make the best horses.”
— Plutarch
“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.”
— Plutarch
“Neither blame or praise yourself.”
— Plutarch
“Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.”
— Plutarch
“Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.”
— Plutarch