We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.

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.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

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...

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...

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

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

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

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.

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...

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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...

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...

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other...

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

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.

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...

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.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to...

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to...