Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

Quote by Plutarch

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A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

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.

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.

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...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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...

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...

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...

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...

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

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,...