Quotessence
Home / Authors / Plutarch
Plutarch

Plutarch Quotes

Biographer

Filter quotes by topic

AllMenSaidIfsFirstsMindWorldCharacterShouldActionGivingWiseLifeDoeLittlesMadePeoplePoliticsSoulVirtueEnemy

Famous Plutarch Quotes

“There is nothing so imperfect, so helpless, so naked, so shapeless, so foul, as man observed at birth, to whom alone, one might almost say, Nature has given not a clean passage to the light; but, defiled with blood and covered with filth, and resembling more one just slain than one just born, he is an object for none to touch or lift up or kiss or embrace except for someone who loves with a natural affection.”

LoveLifeChildrenSufferingBirthAttachment
Author:Plutarch
Create image

“But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.”

WorldLifeLittlesSoulLightHumanityEnjoyBornAnimalSunSakeFleshProportionVegetarianVeganAnimal RightsVegetarianismHuman AnimalAnimal WorldHumans And AnimalsAnimal LifeLife And Time
Book:Plutarch's essays and miscellanies, comprising all the works collected under the title of
Create image

“Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered with mortals, he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life. Since he is gone where he feels no pain, let us not indulge in too much grief. The soul is incapable of death. And he, like a bird not long enough in his cage to become attached to it, is free to fly away to a purer air. . . . Since we cherish a trust like this, let our outward actions be in accord with it, and let us keep our hearts pure and our minds calm.”

MenLifeFeelsMindHeartLongSoulEnoughActionPainGriefGoneToo MuchAirOughtPureBirdCalmCelebrateMortalsGood ManCherishHeritageFuneralIncapableCagesIndulgeAccordHymnsIndulge InFly AwayNo PainLamentationIons
Author:Plutarch
Create image