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The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it (Plutarch Quotes)
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little (Plutarch Quotes)
It's a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome (Plutarch Quotes)
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them (Plutarch Quotes)
Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well (Plutarch Quotes)
It does not follow, that because a particular work of art succeeds in charming us, its creator also deserves our admiration (Plutarch Quotes)
It was better to set up a monarchy themselves than to suffer a sedition to continue that must certainly end in one (Plutarch Quotes)
Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy (Plutarch Quotes)
He who least likes courting favour, ought also least to think of resenting neglect; to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it (Plutarch Quotes)
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature (Plutarch Quotes)
The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things (Plutarch Quotes)
When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer (Plutarch Quotes)
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything (Plutarch Quotes)
The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him (Plutarch Quotes)
Grief is like a physical pain which must be allowed to subside somewhat on its own before medical treatment is applied (Plutarch Quotes)
Grief is natural; the absence of all feeling is undesirable, but moderation in grief should be observed, as in the face of all good or evil (Plutarch Quotes)
Immoderate grief is selfish, harmful, brings no advantage to either the mourner or the mourned, and dishonors the dead (Plutarch Quotes)
Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself (Plutarch Quotes)
Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others (Plutarch Quotes)
Let us not wonder if something happens which never was before, or if something doth not appear among us with which the ancients were acquainted (Plutarch Quotes)
Archimedes had stated, that given the force, any given weight might be moved; and even boasted that if there were another earth, by going into it he could remove this (Plutarch Quotes)
Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and when they were grown up and able to help themselves were thrown up, and so lived upon the land (Plutarch Quotes)
To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature (Plutarch Quotes)
Lysander said that the law spoke too softly to be heard in such a noise of war (Plutarch Quotes)
I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up (Plutarch Quotes)
Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce (Plutarch Quotes)
They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men (Plutarch Quotes)
Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a God, and injustice turns it to that of a beast (Plutarch Quotes)
Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price (Plutarch Quotes)
Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill treatment (Plutarch Quotes)