Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.
PlutarchAll men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
PlutarchIt is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
PlutarchNothing can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that are wicked. By this means the soul will be not only unpolluted but also undisturbed. The fountain will run clear and unsullied.
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