Memorable Quotes and quotations from PlutarchPlutarch Greek biographer & moralist (46 AD - 120 AD)Plutarch - Morals - When the candles are out all women are fair. Plutarch - - No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage. Plutarch - - Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. Plutarch - - Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. 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. Plutarch - - Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. Plutarch - - To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. Plutarch - Morals - The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. Plutarch - - The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever. Plutarch - Morals - For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. Plutarch - - To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. Plutarch - - Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. Plutarch - Morals - An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave. Plutarch - Lives - 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 - - Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied. Plutarch - - In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. Plutarch - - Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. Plutarch - - The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it. |
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