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
adversity men way
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
character long habit
Character is simply habit long continued.
determination rocks water
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
courage causes
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
art poetry greek
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
adversity men prosperity
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
life success courage
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
friendship best-friend adversity
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
fate destiny men
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
family ancestry glory
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
integrity men noble-man
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
character mind disposition
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
dolphins philosopher granted
...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage
fate destiny drag
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.