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Quotes by Plutarch
Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.
Plutarch
Topics:
although
,
boys
,
frogs
Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, Time.
Plutarch
Topics:
counsellors
,
lifetime
,
wait
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato’s maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery.
Plutarch
Topics:
bear
,
erich
,
maxim
“The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.”
Plutarch
Topics:
atwood
,
filling
,
history
“When the candles are out all women are fair.”
Plutarch
Topics:
candles
,
fairest
,
history
“He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.”
Plutarch
Topics:
closely
,
follow
,
fooled
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Plutarch
Topics:
became
,
conquered
Carthage must be destroyed.
Plutarch
Topics:
carthage
,
destroyed
One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost.
Plutarch
Topics:
anymore
,
discover
,
lost
I am not Athenian or Greek but a citizen of the world.
Plutarch
Topics:
athenian
,
citizen
,
greeks
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