Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Plutarch Philosopher

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Roman Republic
  • Born: Jan 1, 0045
  • Died: Jan 1, 0120

Plutarch, was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He is considered today to be a Middle Platonist.

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

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. change & inspirational

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

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better. change & friendship

The wildest colts make the best horses. best

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. the future, being good, learning, power & wisdom

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. greatness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. God

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 quotes from Robert Browning

22 quotes from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 other quotes from Honore de Balzac

53 other quotes from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 other thoughts from Isadora Duncan

5 other thoughts from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 more quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

58 more quotes from Henry Ward Beecher