Plutarch Quotes

Biography: Plutarch is known for his parallel biographies of famous Greeks and Ro... more Biography: Plutarch is known for his parallel biographies of famous Greeks and Romans called "Parallel Lives." Born around AD 46 in Chaeronea, Greece, he was a historian, biographer, and essayist. His works provide valuable insights into the characters and events of ancient times, blending historical narrative with moral philosophy. less

"To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.""When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.""Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.""It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.""Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.""The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.""Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.""Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.""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.""The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.""The complete man is a man who can see play and seriousness, folly and wisdom, as aspects of his existence, and can go joyfully from one to the other.""It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.""Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.""Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.""An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics""The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.""Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.""Character is simply habit long continued.""The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.""What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

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