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
“When someone blamed Hecataeus the sophist because that, being invited to the public table, he had not spoken one word all supper-time,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answered, "In silence." — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Philosophy finds talkativeness a disease very difficult and hard to cure. For its remedy, conversation, requires hearers: but talkative people hear nobody,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well. — 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
