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The generous mind adds dignity to every act, and nothing misbecomes it.
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For the rich men without scruple drew the estate into their own hands, excluding the rightful heirs from their succession; and all the wealth being centred upon the few, the generality were poor and miserable. Honourable pursuits, for which there was no longer leisure, were neglected; the state was filled with sordid business, and with hatred and envy of the rich.
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As small letters hurt the sight, so do small matters him that is too much intent upon them; they vex and stir up anger, which begets an evil habit in him in reference to greater affairs.
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It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.
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Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast.
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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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Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.
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No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
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Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth.
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To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature.
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A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but also when they are old and past service.
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All 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.
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A physician, after he had felt the pulse of Pausanias, and considered his constitution, saying, "He ails nothing," "It is because, sir," he replied, "I use none of your physic."
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Themistocles said to Antiphales, "Time, young man, has taught us both a lesson".
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Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.
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After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws."
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When asked why he parted with his wife, Caesar replied, "I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected."
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Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty.
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Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.
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Seeing the lightest and gayest purple was then most in fashion, he would always wear that which was the nearest black; and he would often go out of doors, after his morning meal, without either shoes or tunic; not that he sought vain-glory from such novelties, but he would accustom himself to be ashamed only of what deserves shame, and to despise all other sorts of disgrace.
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Themistocles said that he certainly could not make use of any stringed instrument; could only, were a small and obscure city put into his hands, make it great and glorious.
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But the Lacedaemonians, who make it their first principle of action to serve their country's interest, know not any thing to be just or unjust by any measure but that.
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A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need.
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There is no perfecter endowment in man than political virtue.
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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
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Born:
46
Died:
127
(aged 81)
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Plutarch was a Greek historian, biographer and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He is classified as a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works are believed to have been originally written in Koine Greek.
Known for:
Parallel Lives
The Fall of the Roman Republic
On Sparta
The age of Alexander
Makers of Rome, nine lives
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