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~ Plutarch Quotes ~
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Plutarch Quotes


A Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.
Plutarch, born Plutarchos then named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus,c. 46 – 120 CE/AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi.

Here are some famous quotes by  Plutarch.




Words will build no walls.

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Time is the soul of this world.

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Character is long-standing habit.

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Rest is the sweet sauce of labour.

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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2015, 10:11:46 AM »
The wildest colts make the best horses.

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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2015, 10:12:11 AM »
Character is simply habit long enough continued.

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Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

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« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2015, 10:13:25 AM »
He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.

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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2015, 10:13:57 AM »
Painting is silent poetry and poetry is painting that speaks.

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« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2015, 10:14:24 AM »
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

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« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2015, 10:15:25 AM »
Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.

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« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2015, 10:16:10 AM »
From their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

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« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2015, 10:16:51 AM »
Prosperity is not just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

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« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2015, 10:17:30 AM »
It is a difficult task Oh citizens to make speeches to the belly which has no ears.

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« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2015, 10:18:03 AM »
It is a hard matter my fellow citizens to argue with the belly since it has no ears.