Plutarch Quotes @Quotio

"Plutarch"; c. AD 46 – AD 120), was a Greek historian, Biography/biographer, and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.

He is considered today to be a Middle Platonism/Middle Platonist.

Plutarch wrote in Greek language / Greek.

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An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.
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Character is long-standing habit.
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So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history. -Plutarch

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Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed than one is adversity.
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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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Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered: but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battle. -Plutarch

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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
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Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. -Plutarch

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The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
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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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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage. -Plutarch

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I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
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Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.
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