Deeds Quote by Plutarch Download Open image “It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.” — Plutarch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Deeds Everything Good man Great Noble Noble deeds Risk
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words. — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share
This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It is the property of a great and good mind to covet, not the fruit of good deeds, but good deeds themselves, and to… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The most excellent of those who perform good deeds are those who most often remember God in all situations. — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Let a good man do good deeds with the same zeal that the evil man does bad ones — Belzer Rabbi Copy Share Image
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are." — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed. — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Time often serves to justify a deed which seems at first unjustifiable. — Donald P. Ryan Copy Share Image
Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
Mechanical instruments, potentially a vehicle of rational human purposes, are scarcely a blessing when they enable the gossip of the village idiot and the… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Tis e'er the wont of simple folk to prize the deed and o'erlook the motive, and of learned folk to discount the deed and… — John Barth Copy Share Image
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A nation of character is filled with citizens who gradually build lives based on the living awareness that their deeds are judged by eyes… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
