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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 · 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 · 119Contentment1 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. — PlutarchEnemies1 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. — PlutarchLearning1 quote
The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchMarriage1 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 · 119Seeking1 quote
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach. — PlutarchSeeking happiness1 quote
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach. — PlutarchSex1 quote
When the candles are out all women are fair. — Plutarch · 100Taking action1 quote
It is not reasonable that he who does not shoot should hit the mark, nor that he who does not stand fast at his post should win the day, or that the helpless man should succeed or the coward prosper. — PlutarchThe mind1 quote
The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. — PlutarchTiming1 quote
It is circumstance and proper timing that give an action its character and make it either good or bad. — Plutarch · 119Treaties1 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 · 100Wealth1 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. — Plutarch