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Education2 quotes
The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchThe very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. — Plutarch · 100Law2 quotes
Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. — AnacharsisAnacharsis laughed at Solon for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich. — Anacharsis · 119Learning2 quotes
Old to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchNature of law2 quotes
Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. — AnacharsisAnacharsis laughed at Solon for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich. — Anacharsis · 119Rich vs. poor2 quotes
Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. — AnacharsisAnacharsis laughed at Solon for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich. — Anacharsis · 119Victory2 quotes
I came, I saw, I conquered. — Julius Caesar · 46 BCOne more such victory over the Romans and we are lost. — Pyrrhus · 279 BCWealth2 quotes
Many evil men are rich, and good men poor,
But we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches. — Solon · 560 BCHow strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchAging1 quote
Old to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119Animal cruelty1 quote
Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest. — Bion of Borysthenes · 100Appetite1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchChallenges of marriage1 quote
A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful? Holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me." — Plutarch · 119Citizens of the world1 quote
I am not Athenian or Greek but a citizen of the world. — Socrates · 1783Contentment1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchDesire1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchDomination1 quote
I came, I saw, I conquered. — Julius Caesar · 46 BCDreams1 quote
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world; but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. — HeraclitusEnemies1 quote
To break a treaty is contempt for the gods. But to outwit an enemy is not only just and glorious-but profitable and sweet. — Plutarch · 100Flattery1 quote
This gives a great field for the flatterer in friendship, who finds a wonderful base of operations in our self-love, which makes each person his own first and greatest flatterer. — Plutarch · 100Foolishness1 quote
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach. — PlutarchFreedom1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchGrass is always greener1 quote
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach. — PlutarchGreatness1 quote
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. — Marcus Licinus Crassus · 119Man and animals1 quote
Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest. — Bion of Borysthenes · 100Marriage1 quote
A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful? Holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me." — Plutarch · 119Moral theory1 quote
It is circumstance and proper timing that give an action its character and make it either good or bad. — Plutarch · 119Nationalism1 quote
I am not Athenian or Greek but a citizen of the world. — Socrates · 1783Old age1 quote
Old to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119Patience1 quote
Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, Time. — Pericles · 100Political leadership1 quote
Tuning the lyre and handling the harp are no accomplishments of mine, but rather taking in hand a city that was small and inglorious and making it glorious and great. — Themistocles · 119Price of greatness1 quote
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. — Marcus Licinus Crassus · 119