There are two sentences inscribed upon the Delphic oracle, hugely accommodated to the usage of man's life: "Know thyself," and "Nothing too much"; and upon these all other precepts depend
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature
We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, ''Action, Action, Action.''
When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, "I'll lay my life," said he, "somebody hath told him I am dead, for he can speak well of no man living
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