Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.

Quote by Plutarch

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Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial...

Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial...

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

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,...

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 were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...

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.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

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,...

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...

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.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent...

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent...

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Reason speaks and feeling bites

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

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

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.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

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

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

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...