I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Top 22 Plutarch Quotes
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The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits.
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
Medicine, to produce health, has to examine disease.
When the candles are out, all women are fair.
Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
Character is simply habit long continued.
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but in being resolutely minded in a just cause.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
The wildest colts make the best horses.
In words are seen the state of mind, and character, and disposition of the speaker.
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.
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.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.