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.
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Plutarch
Profession:
Philosopher
Nationality:
Greek
Quotes by Plutarch
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The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
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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.
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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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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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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
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Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.
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Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
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When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
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It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
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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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Neither blame or praise yourself.
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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
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Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.
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Character is long-standing habit.
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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 indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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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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