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Plutarch Inspirational Quotes (236)

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It is the usual consolation of the envious, if they cannot maintain their superiority, to represent those by whom they are surpassed as inferior to some one else.
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Pythagoras, when he was asked what time was, answered that it was the soul of this world.
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It is no flattery to give a friend a due character for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.
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He [Caesar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor.
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If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.
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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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Abstruse questions must have abstruse answers.
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Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara.
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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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Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty.
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The human heart becomes softened by hearing of instances of gentleness and consideration.
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We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest not forbidding either, but approving the latter most.
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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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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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Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, God forbid that it should ever befall me!
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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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Alexander esteemed it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies.
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What most of all enables a man to serve the public is not wealth, but content and independence which, requiring no superfluity at home, distracts not the mind from the common good.
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It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.
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Pompey had fought brilliantly and in the end routed Caesar's whole force... but either he was unable to or else he feared to push on. Caesar [said] to his friends: 'Today the enemy would have won, if they had had a commander who was a winner.'
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Aristodemus, a friend of Antigonus, supposed to be a cook's son, advised him to moderate his gifts and expenses. Thy words, said he, Aristodemus, smell of the apron.
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Time which diminishes all things increases understanding for the aging.
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There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice.
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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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