9 Quotes by Plutarch about inspirational
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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.
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But being overborne with numbers, and nobody daring to face about, stretching out his hands to heaven, [Romulus] prayed to Jupiter to stop the army, and not to neglect but maintain the Roman cause, now in extreme danger. The prayer was no sooner made, than shame and respect for their king checked many; the fears of the fugitives changed suddenly into confidence.
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The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.
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Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
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The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.
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For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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