Plutarch Quotes
b. 120 Greece
Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (c. 46 – 120) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist.
- Greece
- Historians
- Philosophers
116 quotes
Be ruled by time, the wisest counsellor of all.
Concerning the dead nothing but good shall be spoken.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
Eat not thy heart; which forbids to afflict our souls, and waste them with vexatious cares.
Why do we assert that virtue is unteachable, and thus make it non-existent?
The truth is so lovable that it has only to be known to be embraced.
Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty.
Also the two-edged tongue of mighty Zeno, who, Say what one would, could argue it untrue.
He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.
An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
When the candles are out all women are fair.
Sylla proceeded by persuasion, not by arms.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Plutarch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.