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Results are in proportion with ambition -
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Great deeds are associated with great sufferings too. -
829All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. plutarch
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A quote on how men when awake are different when in sleep -
846Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. plutarch
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Perseverance pays -
924Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. plutarch
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A Plutarch quote on how hard its to direct a man in prosperity and how its easy to manage a man in adversity. -
837Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. plutarch
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What's the difference between courage and rashness? -
668I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions. plutarch
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Excellence in knowledge is far better than the power and possessions. -
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omission of good and allowing the bad to happen are to be condemned -
690No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. plutarch
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Nothing comes out without effort -
675Moral 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. plutarch
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A quote on how moral practices induced by public practices enter quickly into men's private lives. -
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A Plutarch quote on friends and flatterers -
706It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. plutarch
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About the glorious ancestors -
721Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord. plutarch
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A quote about the criteria of testing beforehand to achieve good results. -
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Easiest thing is finding fault not to do in a better way. -
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Words speak of our state of mind -
714We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away. plutarch
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Don't treat living creatures like our household belongings -
706Let 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. plutarch
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Imitate good qualities even in an enemy