Plutarch Quotes (13+)

Enjoy the best Plutarch Quotes. Quotations by Plutarch (Greek Biographer and Philosopher)
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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is speaking picture.

Good fortune is not a matter of luck; it is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

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

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Character is long-standing habit.

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

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

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

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality

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

About the Author

Plutarch (c. 46–119 CE) was a Greek historian and essayist. His 'Parallel Lives'—paired biographies of famous Greeks and Romans—profoundly influenced Renaissance literature and remains a primary source for the character and deeds of antiquity's greatest figures.