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Great Quotes by Plutarch
- I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot.
- 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 new king [Alexander the Great] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and…
- ... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of his…
- 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…
- Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.
- Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
- It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
- While Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance…
- It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a…
- To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a…
- Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.
More Great Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in… — Fred Armisen
- My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong
- Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied… — Karen Armstrong
- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
- All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in… — Neil Armstrong