All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. ~Plutarch
Men World Common
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. ~Plutarch
Rich Most Poor
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. ~Plutarch
Fear Courage Without
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. ~Plutarch
Courage Cowardice Halfway
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. ~Plutarch
Happiness Yourself Speak
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. ~Plutarch
Friendship Change Changes
If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. ~Plutarch
Would Were Alexander
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. ~Plutarch
Character Words Mind
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. ~Plutarch
You Listen Know
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. ~Plutarch
Good Let Us Excel
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 in infecting the city at large. ~Plutarch
Men City Moral
Neither blame or praise yourself. ~Plutarch
Yourself Blame Praise
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. ~Plutarch
Man Chance Fortune
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. ~Plutarch
Perseverance Together
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. ~Plutarch
Adversity Friends Balance
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. ~Plutarch
Wisdom Silence Better
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. ~Plutarch
Intelligence Fire Mind
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