People Quotes by Plutarch

The man who first brought ruin upon the Roman people was he who pampered them by largesses and amusements.

— Plutarch

Most people do not understand until old age what Plato tells them when they are young.

— Plutarch

These Macedonians are a rude and clownish people; they call a spade a spade.

— Plutarch

One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not…

— Plutarch

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

— Plutarch

Philosophy finds talkativeness a disease very difficult and hard to cure. For its remedy, conversation, requires hearers: but talkative people hear nobody,…

— Plutarch

I, for my own part, had much rather people should say of me that there neither is nor ever was such a…

— Plutarch

Once when Phocion had delivered an opinion which pleased the people, he turned to his friend and said, "Have I not unawares…

— Plutarch

Such power I gave the people as might do, Abridged not what they had, now lavished new, Those that were great in…

— Plutarch

Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the…

— Plutarch

Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common;…

— Plutarch

For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of…

— Plutarch