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Best Men Quotes by Plutarch
- 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…
- God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.
- I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to a physician.
- There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take more harm and…
- To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
- All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his…
- Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
- 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…
- To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the…
- It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
- No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
- 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…
- 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…
- The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
- 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…
- Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils.
- The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
- It is not the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note. An…
- When a man's struggle begins within oneself, the man is worth something.
More Men Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle