There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
He who busies himself in mean occupations, produces in the very pains he takes about things of little or no use, an… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," quoth he,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The first man . . . ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
He who cheats with an oath acknowledges that he is afraid of his enemy, but that he thinks little of God. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Thrasyllus the Cynic begged a drachm of Antigonus. "That," said he, "is too little for a king to give." "Why, then," said… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I, for my part, wonder of what sort of feeling, mind or reason that man was possessed who was first to pollute… — 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
