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Demosthenes, when taunted by Pytheas that all his arguments smelled of the lamp, replied, yes, but your lamp and mine, my friend, do not witness the same labours (Plutarch Quotes)
We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most (Plutarch Quotes)
Why does pouring oil on the sea make it clear and calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause any waves? (Plutarch Quotes)
The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves the whole, and by yielding in a small matter secures a greater (Plutarch Quotes)
Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth (Plutarch Quotes)
If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business (Plutarch Quotes)
Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy (Plutarch Quotes)
Let a prince be guarded with soldiers, attended by councilors, and shut up in forts; yet if his thoughts disturb him, he is miserable (Plutarch Quotes)
There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take more harm and offense by wine being poured into it (Plutarch Quotes)
Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary to his nature (Plutarch Quotes)
The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing (Plutarch Quotes)
Wickedness is a wonderfully diligent architect of misery, of shame, accompanied with terror, and commotion, and remorse, and endless perturbation (Plutarch Quotes)
God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine (Plutarch Quotes)
Fortune had favoured me in this war that I feared, the rather, that some tempest would follow so favourable a gale (Plutarch Quotes)
As small letters hurt the sight, so do small matters him that is too much intent upon them; they vex and stir up anger, which begets an evil habit in him in reference to greater affairs (Plutarch Quotes)
The giving riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever (Plutarch Quotes)
For man is a plant, not fixed in the Earth, nor immovable, but heavenly, whose head, rising as it were from a root upwards, is turned towards heaven (Plutarch Quotes)
Among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether they are equal or one of them is superior (Plutarch Quotes)
It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others (Plutarch Quotes)
Talkativeness has another plague attached to it, even curiosity; for praters wish to hear much that they may have much to say (Plutarch Quotes)
That state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessaries are not wanting (Plutarch Quotes)
The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches (Plutarch Quotes)
If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind, as by degrees will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you (Plutarch Quotes)
As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them (Plutarch Quotes)
A Spartan, being asked why his people drank so little, replied: That we may consult concerning others, and not others concerning us (Plutarch Quotes)
Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty (Plutarch Quotes)
Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty (Plutarch Quotes)
I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to a physician (Plutarch Quotes)
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others (Plutarch Quotes)
It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in it's place is a work extremely troublesome (Plutarch Quotes)