The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

Quote by Plutarch

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If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

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...

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

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

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

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

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...

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Reason speaks and feeling bites

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...

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

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...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.