--- title: "15 Should Quotes By Plutarch" description: "15 Should quotes by Plutarch. Plus more from Plutarch and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/plutarch-597_asks_i-had-rather-men-should-ask-why-my-statu_2143339.jpg" --- > [I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/i-had-rather-men-should-ask-why-my-statue-is-not-set-up-than-why-it-is/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/plutarch-597_asks_i-had-rather-men-should-ask-why-my-statu_2143339.jpg) > [A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/a-friend-should-be-like-money-tried-before-being-required-not-found/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/plutarch-597_found_a-friend-should-be-like-money-tried-befo_2261742.jpg) > [Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/dionysius-the-elder-being-asked-whether-he-was-at-leisure-he-replied/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/plutarch-597_befall_dionysius-the-elder-being-asked-whether_2563076.jpg) > [When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/when-men-are-arrived-at-the-goal-they-should-not-turn-back/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/plutarch-597_goal_when-men-are-arrived-at-the-goal-they-sh_1364764.jpg) > [Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/were-it-only-to-learn-benevolence-to-humankind-we-should-be-merciful/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/plutarch-597_benevolence_were-it-only-to-learn-benevolence-to-hum_2424738.jpg) > [It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/it-is-not-reasonable-that-he-who-does-not-shoot-should-hit-the-mark/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/plutarch-597_coward_it-is-not-reasonable-that-he-who-does-no_716866.jpg) > [ The new king \[Alexander the Great\] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/the-new-king-alexander-the-great-should-perform-acts-so-important-and/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/plutarch-597_age_the-new-king-alexander-the-great-should_717025.jpg) > [The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/the-obligations-of-law-and-equity-reach-only-to-mankind-but-kindness/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/plutarch-597_animal_the-obligations-of-law-and-equity-reach_2853285.jpg) > [Grief is natural; the absence of all feeling is undesirable, but moderation in grief should be observed, as in the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/grief-is-natural-the-absence-of-all-feeling-is-undesirable-but/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/plutarch-597_absence_grief-is-natural-the-absence-of-all-feel_1661274.jpg) > [Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/had-i-a-careful-and-pleasant-companion-that-should-show-me-my-angry/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/plutarch-597_anger_had-i-a-careful-and-pleasant-companion-t_1680252.jpg) > [I, for my own part, had much rather people should say of me that there neither is nor ever was such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/i-for-my-own-part-had-much-rather-people-should-say-of-me-that-there/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/plutarch-597_fellows_i-for-my-own-part-had-much-rather-people_1647710.jpg) > [He (Cato) never gave his opinion in the Senate upon any other point whatever, without adding these words, "And, in my opinion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/he-cato-never-gave-his-opinion-in-the-senate-upon-any-other-point/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/plutarch-597_carthage_he-cato-never-gave-his-opinion-in-the-se_2423198.jpg) > [When Anaxagoras was told of the death of his son, he only said, "I knew he was mortal." So we in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/when-anaxagoras-was-told-of-the-death-of-his-son-he-only-said-i-knew/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/plutarch-597_casualties_when-anaxagoras-was-told-of-the-death-of_3234411.jpg) > [It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/it-is-no-great-wonder-if-in-long-process-of-time-while-fortune-takes/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/plutarch-597_abundance_it-is-no-great-wonder-if-in-long-process_942745.jpg) > [Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/of-the-land-which-the-romans-gained-by-conquest-from-their-neighbours/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/plutarch-597_acknowledgment_of-the-land-which-the-romans-gained-by-c_1199576.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Plutarch > [When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/when-eud-monidas-heard-a-philosopher-arguing-that-only-a-wise-man-can/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [The generous mind adds dignity to every act, and nothing misbecomes it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/the-generous-mind-adds-dignity-to-every-act-and-nothing-misbecomes-it/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [Painting is silent poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/painting-is-silent-poetry/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/king-agis-said-the-laced-monians-are-not-wont-to-ask-how-many-but/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/alexander-wept-when-he-heard-from-anaxarchus-that-there-was-an/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/proper-listening-is-the-foundation-of-proper-living/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/painting-is-silent-poetry-and-poetry-is-painting-that-speaks/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/speech-is-like-cloth-of-arras-opened-and-put-abroad-whereby-the/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/there-were-two-brothers-called-both-and-either-perceiving-either-was/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/why-does-pouring-oil-on-the-sea-make-it-clear-and-calm-is-it-that-the/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/this-excerpt-is-presented-as-reproduced-by-copernicus-in-the-preface/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/it-is-part-of-a-good-man-to-do-great-and-noble-deeds-though-he-risk/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/i-am-whatever-was-or-is-or-will-be-and-my-veil-no-mortal-ever-took-up/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [The pilot cannot mitigate the billows or calm the winds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/the-pilot-cannot-mitigate-the-billows-or-calm-the-winds/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) > [“In Springtime, O Dionysos, To thy holy temple come, To Elis with thy Graces, Rushing with thy bull-foot, come, Noble Bull, Noble Bull”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/in-springtime-o-dionysos-to-thy-holy-temple-come-to-elis-with-thy/) [Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/plutarch/#itemlist", "name": "15 Should Quotes By Plutarch", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/i-had-rather-men-should-ask-why-my-statue-is-not-set-up-than-why-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/plutarch-597_asks_i-had-rather-men-should-ask-why-my-statu_2143339.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/plutarch-597_asks_i-had-rather-men-should-ask-why-my-statu_2143339.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/plutarch-597_asks_i-had-rather-men-should-ask-why-my-statu_2143339.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/a-friend-should-be-like-money-tried-before-being-required-not-found/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/plutarch-597_found_a-friend-should-be-like-money-tried-befo_2261742.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/plutarch-597_found_a-friend-should-be-like-money-tried-befo_2261742.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/plutarch-597_found_a-friend-should-be-like-money-tried-befo_2261742.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need.” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, \"God forbid that it should ever befall me!\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/dionysius-the-elder-being-asked-whether-he-was-at-leisure-he-replied/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/plutarch-597_befall_dionysius-the-elder-being-asked-whether_2563076.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/plutarch-597_befall_dionysius-the-elder-being-asked-whether_2563076.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/plutarch-597_befall_dionysius-the-elder-being-asked-whether_2563076.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, \"God forbid that it should ever…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/when-men-are-arrived-at-the-goal-they-should-not-turn-back/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/plutarch-597_goal_when-men-are-arrived-at-the-goal-they-sh_1364764.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/plutarch-597_goal_when-men-are-arrived-at-the-goal-they-sh_1364764.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/plutarch-597_goal_when-men-are-arrived-at-the-goal-they-sh_1364764.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/were-it-only-to-learn-benevolence-to-humankind-we-should-be-merciful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/plutarch-597_benevolence_were-it-only-to-learn-benevolence-to-hum_2424738.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/plutarch-597_benevolence_were-it-only-to-learn-benevolence-to-hum_2424738.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/plutarch-597_benevolence_were-it-only-to-learn-benevolence-to-hum_2424738.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/it-is-not-reasonable-that-he-who-does-not-shoot-should-hit-the-mark/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/plutarch-597_coward_it-is-not-reasonable-that-he-who-does-no_716866.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/plutarch-597_coward_it-is-not-reasonable-that-he-who-does-no_716866.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/plutarch-597_coward_it-is-not-reasonable-that-he-who-does-no_716866.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The new king [Alexander the Great] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/the-new-king-alexander-the-great-should-perform-acts-so-important-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/plutarch-597_age_the-new-king-alexander-the-great-should_717025.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/plutarch-597_age_the-new-king-alexander-the-great-should_717025.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/plutarch-597_age_the-new-king-alexander-the-great-should_717025.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The new king [Alexander the Great] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, as streams that issue from the living fountain.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/the-obligations-of-law-and-equity-reach-only-to-mankind-but-kindness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/plutarch-597_animal_the-obligations-of-law-and-equity-reach_2853285.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/plutarch-597_animal_the-obligations-of-law-and-equity-reach_2853285.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/plutarch-597_animal_the-obligations-of-law-and-equity-reach_2853285.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Grief is natural; the absence of all feeling is undesirable, but moderation in grief should be observed, as in the face of all good or evil.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/grief-is-natural-the-absence-of-all-feeling-is-undesirable-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/plutarch-597_absence_grief-is-natural-the-absence-of-all-feel_1661274.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/plutarch-597_absence_grief-is-natural-the-absence-of-all-feel_1661274.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/plutarch-597_absence_grief-is-natural-the-absence-of-all-feel_1661274.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Grief is natural; the absence of all feeling is undesirable, but moderation in grief should be observed, as…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all take it ill; to behold man's self so unnaturally disguised and dishonored will conduce not a little to the impeachment of anger.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/had-i-a-careful-and-pleasant-companion-that-should-show-me-my-angry/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/plutarch-597_anger_had-i-a-careful-and-pleasant-companion-t_1680252.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/plutarch-597_anger_had-i-a-careful-and-pleasant-companion-t_1680252.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/plutarch-597_anger_had-i-a-careful-and-pleasant-companion-t_1680252.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I, for my own part, had much rather people should say of me that there neither is nor ever was such a man as Plutarch, than that they should say, \"Plutarch is an unsteady, fickle, froward, vindictive, and touchy fellow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/i-for-my-own-part-had-much-rather-people-should-say-of-me-that-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/plutarch-597_fellows_i-for-my-own-part-had-much-rather-people_1647710.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/plutarch-597_fellows_i-for-my-own-part-had-much-rather-people_1647710.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/plutarch-597_fellows_i-for-my-own-part-had-much-rather-people_1647710.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I, for my own part, had much rather people should say of me that there neither is nor ever was such a man as…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He (Cato) never gave his opinion in the Senate upon any other point whatever, without adding these words, \"And, in my opinion Carthage should be destroyed.\" [\"Delenda est Carthago.\"]", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/he-cato-never-gave-his-opinion-in-the-senate-upon-any-other-point/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/plutarch-597_carthage_he-cato-never-gave-his-opinion-in-the-se_2423198.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/plutarch-597_carthage_he-cato-never-gave-his-opinion-in-the-se_2423198.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/plutarch-597_carthage_he-cato-never-gave-his-opinion-in-the-se_2423198.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He (Cato) never gave his opinion in the Senate upon any other point whatever, without adding these words…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When Anaxagoras was told of the death of his son, he only said, \"I knew he was mortal.\" So we in all casualties of life should say \"I knew my riches were uncertain, that my friend was but a man.\" Such considerations would soon pacify us, because all our troubles proceed from their being unexpected.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/when-anaxagoras-was-told-of-the-death-of-his-son-he-only-said-i-knew/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/plutarch-597_casualties_when-anaxagoras-was-told-of-the-death-of_3234411.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/plutarch-597_casualties_when-anaxagoras-was-told-of-the-death-of_3234411.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/plutarch-597_casualties_when-anaxagoras-was-told-of-the-death-of_3234411.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When Anaxagoras was told of the death of his son, he only said, \"I knew he was mortal.\" So we in all…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur. If the number and variety of subjects to be wrought upon be infinite, it is all the more easy for fortune, with such an abundance of material, to effect this similarity of results.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/it-is-no-great-wonder-if-in-long-process-of-time-while-fortune-takes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/plutarch-597_abundance_it-is-no-great-wonder-if-in-long-process_942745.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/plutarch-597_abundance_it-is-no-great-wonder-if-in-long-process_942745.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/plutarch-597_abundance_it-is-no-great-wonder-if-in-long-process_942745.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common; this common land they assigned to such of the citizens as were poor and indigent, for which they were to pay only a small acknowledgment into the public treasury. But when the wealthy men began to offer larger rents, and drive the poorer people out, it was enacted by law that no person whatever should enjoy more than five hundred acres of ground.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plutarch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/of-the-land-which-the-romans-gained-by-conquest-from-their-neighbours/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/plutarch-597_acknowledgment_of-the-land-which-the-romans-gained-by-c_1199576.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/plutarch-597_acknowledgment_of-the-land-which-the-romans-gained-by-c_1199576.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/plutarch-597_acknowledgment_of-the-land-which-the-romans-gained-by-c_1199576.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned…” — Plutarch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/plutarch/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/plutarch/", "name": "Should Quotes by Plutarch", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/plutarch/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/plutarch-597_asks_i-had-rather-men-should-ask-why-my-statu_2143339.jpg" }, "description": "15 Should quotes by Plutarch. Plus more from Plutarch and more Should sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/plutarch/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/plutarch/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Should", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Plutarch", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/plutarch/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```