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If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.

Plutarch
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Plutarch's Popular Quotes

Either is both, and Both is neither.

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From Themistocles began the saying, "He is a second Hercules."

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The great god Pan is dead.

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Barba non facit philosophum

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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

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I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

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What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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For the wise man, every day is a festival.

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