Quotes By Plutarch

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

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 in infecting the city at large.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

Character is long-standing habit.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

The wildest colts make the best horses.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Character is simply habit long continued.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.