The wildest colts make the best horses.

Quote by Plutarch

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The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

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...

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

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...

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.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

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...

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...

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them...

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them...

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...

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...

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...

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it,...

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it,...

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...

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,...

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,...

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge...

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge...