Plutarch Quotes

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• It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered. Been
• Statesmen are not only liable to give an account of what they say or do in public, but there is a busy inquiry made into… Account
• Time which diminishes all things increases understanding for the aging. Aging
• It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty. Beauty
• The ripeness of adolescence is prodigal in pleasures, skittish, and in need of a bridle. Adolescence
• Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than… Asked
• For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow… Came
• There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice. Authority
• He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush. Bird
• He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself Breeding
• What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with Lucullus? Day
• The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action… Action
• God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse. Brave
• Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defence against a knave. Best
• I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to a physician. Appealed
• Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor… Any
• When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was… Action
• The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling. Constant
• He (Cato) used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was that he had trusted a… All
• As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any injury… Affirm

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