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

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

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

The wildest colts make the best horses.

The wildest colts make the best horses.

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.

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...

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and...

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and...

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.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

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

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

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...