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I would rather excel in the kn...

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Plutarch 385 quotes

It were better to have no opin...

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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The very spring and root of ho...

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

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I don't need a friend who chan...

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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The omission of good is no les...

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

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Music, to create harmony, must...

Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.

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Painting is silent poetry....

Painting is silent poetry.

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Since, during storms, flames l...

Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants?

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When men are arrived at the go...

When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.

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The new king [Alexander the Gr...

The new king [Alexander the Great] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate him.

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Democritus said, words are but...

Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.

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Wise men are able to make a fi...

Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities.

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Vultures are the most righteou...

Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.

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Oh, what a world full of pain ...

Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue.

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To fail to do good is as bad a...

To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm.

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The process may seem strange a...

The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.

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Memory: what wonders it perfor...

Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or rather, things that are

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He shall fare well who confron...

He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.

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Both Empedocles and Heraclitus...

Both Empedocles and Heraclitus held it for a truth that man could not be altogether cleared from injustice in dealing with beasts as he now does.

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Most people do not understand ...

Most people do not understand until old age what Plato tells them when they are young.

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