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
struggle men he-man
When a man's struggle begins within oneself, the man is worth something.
real people liberty
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
men land able
Anaximander says that men were first produced in fishes, and when they were grown up and able to help themselves were thrown up, and so lived upon the land.
men should statues
I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.
men doe injustice
Both Empedocles and Heraclitus held it for a truth that man could not be altogether cleared from injustice in dealing with beasts as he now does.
men luxury politics
They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.
men politics economy
Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.