Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than... by Plutarch

Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.

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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition... by Plutarch

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

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

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Lysander said that the law spoke too softly to be heard in such a... by Plutarch

Lysander said that the law spoke too softly to be heard in such a noise of war.

Nature without learning is like a blind man; learning without Nature, like a maimed one; practice without both, incomplete. As in agriculture a good soil is first sought for, then a skilful husbandman, and then good seed; in the same way nature corresponds to the soil, the teacher to the husbandman, precepts and instruction to the seed.

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

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A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness; it hath no hawk's bill, no sharp talon, no roughness of teeth, no such strength of stomach or heat of digestion, as can be sufficient to convert or alter such heavy and fleshy fare.

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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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Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.

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He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright. by Plutarch

He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.

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It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die.

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Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy. by Plutarch

Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy.

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Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he replied: Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion.

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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speec... by Plutarch

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

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The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, as streams that issue from the living fountain.

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Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants?

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But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.

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Nature and wisdom never are at strife. by Plutarch

Nature and wisdom never are at strife.

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A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answ... by Plutarch

A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answered, "In silence."

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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even... by Plutarch

Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.

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