What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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.

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.

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.

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...

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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...

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

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

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

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.

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn...

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn...

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

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...

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...

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.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.