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Plutarch
Greek
Philosopher
About the author
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Chance
#Man
#Fortune
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Wisdom
#Speech
#Silence
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Violence
#Perseverance
#Yield
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Mind
#Fire
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Nothing
#Man
#Prosperity
#Adversity
The wildest colts make the best horses.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Horses
Neither blame or praise yourself.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Blame
#Praise
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Enemies
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Poetry
#Painting
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Evil
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Education
#Virtue
#Lie
#Honesty
#Spring
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Deeds
To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#State
#Men
#Childhood
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#May
#Fault
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.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Mistakes
#Man
#Power
#Future
#Wisdom
#Errors
We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Living
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
#Change
#Reality
When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Friends
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#People
#Benefits
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Fear
#Being
#Cause
#Courage
Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Harmony
#Disease
#Music
#Health
#Medicine
Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Public
#Men
#Habits
#Faults
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Vices
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#World
#Men
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Poor
Character is simply habit long continued.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Character
#Habit
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Courage
#Cowardice
#Excess
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Happiness
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Fate
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
#Risk
#Deeds
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Talk
#Will
#Profit
Character is long-standing habit.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Character
#Habit
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#God
#Belief
#Opinion
#Contempt
#Unworthy
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Men
#Opinion
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Glory
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Character
#Words
#State
#Mind
If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Power
#Knowledge
#Possessions
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Friend
#Change
#Shadow
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
Plutarch,
Greek
Philosopher
#Friends
#Balance
#Prosperity
#Adversity