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Famous Plutarch Quotes
“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.”
“No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.”
“The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.”
“The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.”
“When a man's struggle begins within oneself, the man is worth something.”
“The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.”
“No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.”
“Silence is an answer to a wise man.”
“I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.”
“For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.”
“It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.”
“Lying is a most disgraceful vice; it first despises God, and then fears men.”
“Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall.”
“Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities.”
“When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.”