If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Quote by Plutarch

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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...

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...

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 long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

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

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

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

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...

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

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...

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...

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...

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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...

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

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...

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

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

Glory is the shadow of virtue

Glory is the shadow of virtue

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was...

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was...

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

Men trust their ears less than their eyes