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
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The richest soil, if cultivated, produces the rankest weeds
pennies doe needs
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.
art poetry greek
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
encouragement children mean
Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill treatment.
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Archimedes had stated, that given the force, any given weight might be moved; and even boasted that if there were another earth, by going into it he could remove this.
envy matter ink
When malice is joined to envy, there is given forth poisonous and feculent matter, as ink from the cuttle-fish.
healer diseased
A healer of others, himself diseased.
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When the candles are out all women are fair.