Plutarch Quotes

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• The first man . . . ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived.… Bellowed
• ... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of his… Anointed
• Beauty is the flower of virtue. Beauty
• Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature. Attack
• Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities. Able
• Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions. Action
• When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back. Arrived
• Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground,… Clouds
• Mothers ought to bring up and nurse their own children; for they bring them up with greater affection and with greater anxiety, as loving them… Affection
• Nothing can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that… Action
• If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends,… Break
• Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of… Bravery
• The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing. Evil
• Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance. Anger
• Character is inured habit. Character
• Nature without learning is blind, learning apart from nature is fractional, and practice in the absence of both is aimless. Absence
• Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'. Advantage
• Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence. Every Occurrence
• The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses. Elude
• Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara. Costly

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