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Plutarch

The giving of riches and hono...

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

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Note that the eating of flesh...

Note that the eating of flesh is not only physically against nature, but it also makes us spiritually coarse and gross by reason of satiety and surfeit.

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When a man's struggle begins ...

When a man's struggle begins within oneself, the man is worth something.

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It is easy to utter what has ...

It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered.

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Julius Caesar divorced his wi...

Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he replied: Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion.

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For the correct analogy for t...

For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

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Being summoned by the Athenia...

Being summoned by the Athenians out of Sicily to plead for his life, Alcibiades absconded, saying that that criminal was a fool who studied a defence when he might fly for it.

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Phocion compared the speeches...

Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. "They are tall," said he, "and comely, but bear no fruit."

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For he who gives no fuel to f...

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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Among real friends there is n...

Among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether they are equal or one of them is superior.

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Those are greedy of praise pr...

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

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Plato used to say to Xenocrat...

Plato used to say to Xenocrates the philosopher, who was rough and morose, "Good Xenocrates, sacrifice to the Graces.

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The obligations of law and eq...

The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, as streams that issue from the living fountain.

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As Meander says, "For our min...

As Meander says, "For our mind is God;" and as Heraclitus, "Man's genius is a deity."

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The soul of man... is a porti...

The soul of man... is a portion or a copy of the soul of the Universe and is joined together on principles and in proportions corresponding to those which govern the Universe.

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Agesilaus being invited once ...

Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself.

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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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Prosperity has this property,...

Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt; but a truly noble and resolved Spirit appears greatest in Distress, and then becomes more bright and conspicuous.

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But for the sake of some litt...

But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.

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If you declare that you are n...

If you declare that you are naturally designed for such a diet, then first kill for yourself what you want to eat. Do it, however, only through your own resources, unaided by cleaver or cudgel or any kind of ax

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