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
fitness sweet sauce
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
coward world dare
I confess myself the greatest coward in the world, for I dare not do an ill thing.
silence speech seasons
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
music medicine disease
Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.
technology thinking mind
For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.
dog horse past
A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but also when they are old and past service.
time men enjoy
The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
inspirational strife
Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
pennies doe needs
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.
love-is and-love love-and-trust
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
inspirational mind analogies
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
inspirational practice inspire
Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.
happiness habit easy
Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy.
loss matter citizens
It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.