Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Quote by Plutarch

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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.

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.

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...

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

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...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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...

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.

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is...

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is...