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
enjoy life man point purpose spend
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.
life philosophy live-life
Philosophy is an act of living.
life men practice
Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.
life men measure-of-a-man
The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.
inspirational funny life
The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.
life nature shoes
We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
life soul mistress
A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.
inspirational funny life
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
life success courage
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
life men childhood
To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
produces richest weeds
The richest soil, if cultivated, produces the rankest weeds
beneficial care far learn pleased
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.
act common deeds evil good great man noble risk risks though
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.