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
inspiration important oratory
When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'
fairs candle
When the candles are out all women are fair.
merit birth fine-things
Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
life soul mistress
A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.
patriotic greek patriotism
Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
military ocean campaigns
Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten over with. It is a way of life.
two oracles too-much
There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle... "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much"; and upon these all other precepts depend.
learning men lame
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
courage challenges enemy
Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.
men evil age
Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils.
struggle men he-man
When a man's struggle begins within oneself, the man is worth something.
animal mutation world
The Epicureans, according to whom animals had no creation, doe suppose that by mutation of one into another, they were first made; for they are the substantial part of the world; like as Anaxagoras and Euripides affirme in these tearmes: nothing dieth, but in changing as they doe one for another they show sundry formes.
water elements world
What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water.
wise silence speak
It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.