Plutarch Quotes
No.	Quotation	Subject
1	To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.	Action
2	It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.	Ancestor
3	The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which ofttimes ends in choler, bitterness, and morosity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.	Anger
4	Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need is dear at a penny.	Bargain
5	Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty.	Character
6	It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration -- nay, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.	Criticism
7	Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but for in ceasing to be numbered with morta upon the heritage of a diviner life.	Death
8	Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.	Diligence
9	The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.	Education
10	A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.	Evil

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