Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Quote by Plutarch

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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...

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...

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...

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...

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

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.

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

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

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

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

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...

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors...

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors...

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

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,...

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

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

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

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...

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...