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Plutarch Quotes about Inspirational

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

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

Inspirational, Leadership, Education

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

Inspirational, Empathy, Advice

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

Inspirational, Funny, Life

Nature and wisdom never are at strife.

Inspirational, Life, Meditation

The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.

Inspirational, Funny, Life

For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Inspirational, Mind, Needs

Plutarch (2006). “Essays”, p.70, Penguin UK

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

Inspirational, Practice, Inspire

Plutarch (2012). “Greek and Roman Lives”, p.66, Courier Corporation

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