Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary… — 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
Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“And, to say truly, the greatest benefit that learning bringeth unto men is this: that it teacheth men that be rough and… — 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.… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“For it may happen to the commonwealth, as to the serpent in the fable, whose tail, rising in rebellion against the head,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“Can you really ask what reason Pythagoras had for abstaining from flesh? For my part I rather wonder both by what accident… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“For as we would wish that a painter who is to draw a beautiful face, in which there is yet some imperfection,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Nature without learning is blind, learning apart from nature is fractional, and practice in the absence of both is aimless. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Archimedes had stated, that given the force, any given weight might be moved; and even boasted that if there were another earth,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Note that the eating of flesh is not only physically against nature, but it also makes us spiritually coarse and gross by… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
If Nature be not improved by instruction, it is blind; if instruction be not assisted by Nature, it is maimed; and if… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“For fortune having hitherto seconded him in his designs, made him resolute and firm in his opinions, and the boldness of his… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Nature without learning is like a blind man; learning without Nature, like a maimed one; practice without both, incomplete. As in agriculture… — 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
