The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
PlutarchGood fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune.
PlutarchTo 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.
PlutarchThey are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in view, something which leaves off as soon as that end is reached. It is not a public chore, to be got over with. It is a way of life. It is the life of a domesticated political and social creature who is born with a love for public life, with a desire for honor, with a feeling for his fellows; and it lasts as long as need be.
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