Quotes about Plutarch

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors...

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

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To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to...

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Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

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The wildest colts make the best horses.

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The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

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

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

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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

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

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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

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