From Plutarch’ “For though all persons are equally subject to the caprice of fortune, yet all good men have one advantage she cannot deny, which is this, to act reasonably under misfortunes.”
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Quote of the day 11/01/24
From Plutarch: “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
Quote of the day 10/31/24
From Plutarch: “Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.”
Quote of the day 10/28/24
From Plutarch: “To 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.”
Quote of the day 10/27/24
From Plutarch: “To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
Quote of the day 10/08/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Quote of the day 10/07/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.”
Quote of the day 10/06/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.”
Quote of the day 10/02/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
Quote of the day 10/01/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”
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