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Such power I gave the people a...

Such power I gave the people as might do,
Abridged not what they had, now lavished new,
Those that were great in wealth and high in place
My counsel likewise kept from all disgrace.
Before them both I held my shield of might,
And let not either touch the other's right.

Plutarch 385 quotes

For he who gives no fuel to fi...

For he who gives no fuel to fire puts it out, and likewise he who does not in the beginning nurse his wrath and does not puff himself up with anger takes precautions against it and destroys it.

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What we achieve inwardly will ...

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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The whole life of man is but a...

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

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Nature and wisdom never are at...

Nature and wisdom never are at strife.

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To do an evil action is base; ...

To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks every thing.

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Rest is the sweet sauce of lab...

Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.

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The worship most acceptable to...

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.

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Choose what is best, and habit...

Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy.

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The state of life is most happ...

The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.

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A lover's soul lives in the bo...

A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.

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Socrates said he was not an At...

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

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Learn to be pleased with every...

Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

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Politics is not like an ocean ...

Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten over with. It is a way of life.

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In human life there is constan...

In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.

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Distressed valor challenges gr...

Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.

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Courage consists not in hazard...

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

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It is a hard matter, my fellow...

It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.

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Cato requested old men not to ...

Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils.

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The measure of a man is the wa...

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

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