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
envy pleasure advantage
Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.
warrior lines shields
A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line.
contentment balance care
Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.
fighting sheep decision
He who owns a hundred sheep must fight with fifty wolves