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Plutarch

Plutarch

Greek biographer and essayist

Lived from: 46 - 120

Category: Philosophers Country: FlagGreece

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  • Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
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  • Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.
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  • Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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  • Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
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  • 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 life.''
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  • The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.
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  • The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
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  • The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
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  • The whole life is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose.
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  • The wildest colts make the best horses.
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  • They named it Ovation from the Latin ovis [A Sheep].
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  • Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
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  • Time is the wisest of all counselors.
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  • To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
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  • To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.
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  • To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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  • 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 future.
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  • We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
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  • When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, ''Action, Action, Action.''
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  • When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
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