Neither blame or praise yourself.

Quote by Plutarch

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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...

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...

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,...

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.

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...

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...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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.

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.

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to...

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to...

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

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 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...

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...

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

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

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

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

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