46-120 AD, Greek Essayist, Biographer
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
Plutarch – [Adversity]


Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
Plutarch – [Rest]


Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Plutarch – [Silence]


Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.''
Plutarch – [Praise]


The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.
Plutarch – [Speakers and Speaking]


The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Plutarch – [Achievement]


The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch – [Mind]


The whole life is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose.
Plutarch – [Purpose]


The wildest colts make the best horses.
Plutarch – [Children]


They named it Ovation from the Latin ovis [A Sheep].
Plutarch – [Applause]


Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
Plutarch – [Adversity]


Time is the wisest of all counselors.


To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
Plutarch – [History and Historians]


To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.
Plutarch – [Risk]


To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Plutarch – [Blame]


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.
Plutarch – [Failure]


We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
Plutarch – [Respectability]


When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, ''Action, Action, Action.''
Plutarch – [Action]


When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
Plutarch – [Money]

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