A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Quote by Plutarch

Topics: Vice Quotes

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he...

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he...

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to...

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to...

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...

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

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...

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech

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.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all...

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all...

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and...

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and...

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn...

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn...

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

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...

The wildest colts make the best horses.

The wildest colts make the best horses.