Plutarch
Plutarch
Plutarch; c. AD 46 – AD 120) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He is classified as a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works were written in Greek, but intended for both Greek and Roman readers...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
determination rocks water
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
loss matter citizens
It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.
character long habit
Character is simply habit long continued.
inspirational practice inspire
Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.
inspirational mind analogies
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
courage causes
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
change fate decay
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.
love-is and-love love-and-trust
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
happiness habit easy
Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy.
pennies doe needs
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.
wise men ease
The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.
art philosophy character
Character is long-standing habit.
silence speech seasons
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
blame praise
Neither blame or praise yourself.