Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or rather, things that are

Quote by Plutarch

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Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

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 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...

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...

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other...

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other...

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...

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.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

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...

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...

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

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

The wildest colts make the best horses.

The wildest colts make the best horses.

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...

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

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

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

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 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.