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> [Foreign lady once remarked to the wife of a Spartan commander that the women of Sparta were the only women in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/foreign-lady-once-remarked-to-the-wife-of-a-spartan-commander-that/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

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> [Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/lampis-the-sea-commander-being-asked-how-he-got-his-wealth-answered/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

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> [Pompey had fought brilliantly and in the end routed Caesar's whole force... but either he was unable to or else he feared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/pompey-had-fought-brilliantly-and-in-the-end-routed-caesar-s-whole/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

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## More by Plutarch

> [When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/when-eud-monidas-heard-a-philosopher-arguing-that-only-a-wise-man-can/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [The generous mind adds dignity to every act, and nothing misbecomes it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/the-generous-mind-adds-dignity-to-every-act-and-nothing-misbecomes-it/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [Painting is silent poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/painting-is-silent-poetry/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/king-agis-said-the-laced-monians-are-not-wont-to-ask-how-many-but/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/alexander-wept-when-he-heard-from-anaxarchus-that-there-was-an/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/proper-listening-is-the-foundation-of-proper-living/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/painting-is-silent-poetry-and-poetry-is-painting-that-speaks/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/speech-is-like-cloth-of-arras-opened-and-put-abroad-whereby-the/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/there-were-two-brothers-called-both-and-either-perceiving-either-was/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/why-does-pouring-oil-on-the-sea-make-it-clear-and-calm-is-it-that-the/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/this-excerpt-is-presented-as-reproduced-by-copernicus-in-the-preface/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/it-is-part-of-a-good-man-to-do-great-and-noble-deeds-though-he-risk/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/i-am-whatever-was-or-is-or-will-be-and-my-veil-no-mortal-ever-took-up/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [The pilot cannot mitigate the billows or calm the winds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/the-pilot-cannot-mitigate-the-billows-or-calm-the-winds/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

> [“In Springtime, O Dionysos, To thy holy temple come, To Elis with thy Graces, Rushing with thy bull-foot, come, Noble Bull, Noble Bull”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/in-springtime-o-dionysos-to-thy-holy-temple-come-to-elis-with-thy/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

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