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Than Quotes by Plutarch
- Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
- 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.
- Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are…
- Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
- Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
- 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…
- The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
- I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
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