To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
What most of all enables a man to serve the public is not wealth, but content and independence; which, requiring no superfluity… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common;… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life… — 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
