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
inspirational funny life
The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.
inspirational strife
Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
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The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.
inspirational mind analogies
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
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The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose
enjoy life point purpose spend
The whole life is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose.
produces richest weeds
The richest soil, if cultivated, produces the rankest weeds
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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.
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To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without incurring danger, is common enough. But it is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks everything in doing them.
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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
romans victory
Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone.