Plutarch Quotes

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

Plutarch

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Plutarch

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

Plutarch

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.

Plutarch

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

Plutarch

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

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What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Plutarch

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

Plutarch

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

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

Plutarch

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

Plutarch