To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“For lack of rules (which the undisciplined sector of the young call freedom) sets masters over one which are more tyrannical than… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Mothers ought to bring up and nurse their own children; for they bring them up with greater affection and with greater anxiety,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Children are to be won to follow liberal studies by exhortations and rational motives, and on no account to be forced thereto… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Agesilaus was very fond of his children; and it is reported that once toying with them he got astride upon a reed… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Lysander, when Dionysius sent him two gowns, and bade him choose which he would carry to his daughter, said, "She can choose… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are." — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
