Neither blame or praise yourself.

Quote by Plutarch

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

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

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.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.

When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.

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...

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

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

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

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...

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...

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

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...

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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...

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

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

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...

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 Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since...

The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words

The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words

Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such...

Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such...