What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Quote by Plutarch

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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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Reason speaks and feeling bites

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

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...

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

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

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.

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then...

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...