Quote: Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. [ Plutarch]
Quote: In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Abstain from beans. [ Plutarch]
Quote: 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]
Quote: Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist. [ Plutarch]
Quote: 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]
Quote: 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]
Quote: It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. [ Plutarch]
Quote: The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. [ Plutarch]
Quote: In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little. [ Plutarch]
Quote: When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. [ Plutarch]
Quote: We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. [ Plutarch]
Quote: The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing. [ Plutarch]
Quote: Time is the wisest of all counselors. [ Plutarch]
Quote: 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]
Quote: All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. [ Plutarch]
Quote: 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]