Plutarch

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

— Plutarch

“Medicine to produce health must examine disease and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.”

— Plutarch

“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

“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.”

— Plutarch

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”

— Plutarch

“The wildest colts make the best horses.”

— Plutarch

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

— Plutarch

“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”

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

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“Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.”

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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.”

— Plutarch

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

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

— Plutarch

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

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

— Plutarch

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

— Plutarch