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Agesilaus, the Spartan king, was once invited to hear a mimic imitate the nightingale, but declined with the comment that he had heard the nightingale itself.

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Character is long-standing habit.

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Character is simply habit long enough continued.

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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

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

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

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Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.

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From their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

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He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.

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I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

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It is a difficult task, Oh citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears.

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It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

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It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

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It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

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Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

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Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.

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No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.

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

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Prosperity is not just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

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Rest is the sweet sauce of labour.

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

Plutarch

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

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

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The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses.

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Agesilaus, the Spartan king, was once invited to hear a mimic imitate the nightingale, but declined with the comment that he had heard the nightingale itself.

Plutarch

Character is long-standing habit.

Plutarch

Character is simply habit long enough continued.

Plutarch

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

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

Plutarch

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

Plutarch

Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.

Plutarch

From their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Plutarch

He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.

Plutarch

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Plutarch

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Plutarch

It is a difficult task, Oh citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears.

Plutarch

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Plutarch

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

Plutarch

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

Plutarch

Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

Plutarch

Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.

Plutarch

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.

Plutarch

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

Plutarch

Prosperity is not just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Plutarch

Rest is the sweet sauce of labour.

Plutarch

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

Plutarch

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

Plutarch

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

Plutarch

The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses.

Plutarch

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