Plutarch Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
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I seek solutions, not battles.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.
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What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?
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Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
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The love of economy is the root of all virtue.
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Virtue has her heroes tooAs well as Fame and Fortune.
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The phrase 'teen hottie' literally makes me want to throw up.
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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can't explain But I faithfully remain.
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The phrase I like to use to describe my sense of time-a play on comparative literature - is comparative time.
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On the most recent battles on health insurance reform, the women led the battle to end gender discrimination by the insurance companies [where] women paid more and got less of a benefit, and also the whole issue of prevention.
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When artists give form to revelation, their art can advance, deepen and potentially transform the consciousness of their community.
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You cannot lift others to virtue on the one hand if you are entertaining vice on the other.
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In 'Rangoon', I play an action star of the 1940s.
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Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
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The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.
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Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed.
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An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself.
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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.
