The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
(Moralia)

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

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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

Plutarch (Moralia - Against Colotes)

Often things become valuable when they are lost that seemed worthless when securely held.

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