Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Quote by Plutarch

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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors...

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors...

Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.

Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them,...

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them,...

Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or...

Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or...

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's...

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's...

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that...

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that...

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I...

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I...

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them...

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them...

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.