When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Lycurgus being asked why he, who in other respects appeared to be so zealous for the equal rights of men, did not… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and when they were grown up and able to help themselves were thrown… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
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
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The man who first brought ruin upon the Roman people was he who pampered them by largesses and amusements. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
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
Authority and place demonstrate and try the tempers of men, by moving every passion and discovering every frailty. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Euripides was wont to say, silence was an answer to a wise man; but we seem to have greater occasion for it… — 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
Apothegms are the most infallible mirror to represent a man truly what he is. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
For the rich men without scruple drew the estate into their own hands, excluding the rightful heirs from their succession; and all… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
For man is a plant, not fixed in the earth, nor immovable, but heavenly, whose head, rising as it were from a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but also when they are… — 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
