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... Plutarch. All our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes do their variety from light.—W. T. Bacon. Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety ...
... Plutarch. All our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes do their variety from light.—W. T. Bacon. Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety ...
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... Plutarch. Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue. —Mallet Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot he discerned from the top of a mountain. So are many things learned in adversity ...
... Plutarch. Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue. —Mallet Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot he discerned from the top of a mountain. So are many things learned in adversity ...
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... Plutarch. In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.—Rochefoucauld. Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and ...
... Plutarch. In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.—Rochefoucauld. Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and ...
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... Plutarch. When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be. —Bulwer, Ho who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow. To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.—Tryon Edwards ...
... Plutarch. When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be. —Bulwer, Ho who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow. To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.—Tryon Edwards ...
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... Plutarch. A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.—Coleridge. There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of ...
... Plutarch. A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.—Coleridge. There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of ...
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