Quotes from Plutarch

Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.

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.

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

The soul of man... is a portion or a copy of the soul of the Universe and is joined together on principles and in proportions corresponding to those which govern the Universe.

Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.

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.

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Both Empedocles and Heraclitus held it for a truth that man could not be altogether cleared from injustice in dealing with beasts as he now does.

It is a difficult task Oh citizens to make speeches to the belly which has no ears.

When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue.

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

God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine.

He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself

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

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.

Character is long-standing habit.

The wildest colts make the best horses.

To make no mistake is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

From their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Prosperity is not just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

Agesilaus, the Spartan king, was once invited to hear a mimic imitate the nightingale, but declined with the comment that he had heard the nightingale itself.

Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.