Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Quote by Plutarch

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What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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...

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

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

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...

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Reason speaks and feeling bites

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

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

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...

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

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...

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...

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

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.

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.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

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...

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.