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Life Quotes by Plutarch
- The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.
- But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life…
- To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in…
- Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered…
- Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered…
- They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in…
- Philosophy is an act of living.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
- Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are…
- We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
- I, for my part, wonder of what sort of feeling, mind or reason that man was possessed who was first to pollute his mouth with…
- The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
- The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
- The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.
- A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.
- Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore…
- In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and…
- The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle