Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

Quote by Plutarch

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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...

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

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...

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

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...

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...

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

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...

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...

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.

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it,...

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it,...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

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

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

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

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...

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.