Plutarch Quotes

Character is simply habit long continued.
Plutarch

Character, Long, Simply

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

Men, Wise, Human

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

Chance, Left, Fortune

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.
Plutarch

Together, Cannot, Violence

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

Wisdom, Silence, Speech

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

Good, Evil, Less

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
Plutarch

Great, Deeds, Aim

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 own.
Plutarch

Men, Common, Awake

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Plutarch

Glory, Indeed, Ancestors

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
Plutarch

Men, Lives, Days

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

Strong, Friends, Door

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
Plutarch

Courage, Between, Lack

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.
Plutarch

God, Him, Opinion

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.
Plutarch

Men, Moral, Far

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
Plutarch

Nothing, Adversity, Prosperity

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Born: 46

Died: 120

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