Plutarch

Plutarch

Philosopher, Historian

Plutarch was a Greek biographer and philosopher known for his works on ethics and moral philosophy, particularly in 'Parallel Lives.'

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Born
c. 46 AD
Died
c. 120 AD
Quotes
392
Rank
#108

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"They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in view, something which leaves off as soon as that end is reached. It is not a public chore, to be got over with. It is a way of life. It is the life of a domesticated political and social creature who is born with a love for public life, with a desire for honor, with a feeling for his fellows; and it lasts as long as need be."

Love Military Ocean
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"Such power I gave the people as might do, Abridged not what they had, now lavished new, Those that were great in wealth and high in place My counsel likewise kept from all disgrace. Before them both I held my shield of might, And let not either touch the other's right."

People Might Shields
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"The usual disease of princes, grasping covetousness, had made them suspicious and quarrelsome neighbors."

Disease Usual Neighbor
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"He who least likes courting favour, ought also least to think of resenting neglect; to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it."

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"We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most."

Book Latter Aim
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"Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the other hand, it is the handmaid of a sober, industrious, righteous, and brave man, who devotes all his powers to the service of the people, it is the sign of a lofty spirit that harbours no mean thoughts"

Mean Men Hands
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"Athenodorus says hydrophobia, or water-dread, was first discovered in the time of Asclepiades."

Water Firsts Dread
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"It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears."

Tasks Citizens Ears
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"Lysander, when Dionysius sent him two gowns, and bade him choose which he would carry to his daughter, said, "She can choose best," and so took both away with him."

Daughter Two Gowns
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"Antagoras the poet was boiling a conger, and Antigonus, coming behind him as he was stirring his skillet, said, "Do you think, Antagoras, that Homer boiled congers when he wrote the deeds of Agamemnon?" Antagoras replied, "Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?"

Kings Army Thinking
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"Nothing made the horse so fat as the king's eye."

Horse Kings Eye
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"Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!""

Leisure Should Elders
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