Plutarch Quotes
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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
[Adversity]
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Under the veil of these curious sentences are hid those germs of morals which the masters of philosophy have afterwards developed into so many volumes.
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We must prune it with care, so as only to remove the redundant branches, and not injure the stem, which has its root in a generous sensitiveness to shame.
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We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
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What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
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When Anaxagoras was told of the death of his son, he only said, "I knew he was mortal." So we in all casualties of life should say, "I knew my riches were uncertain, that my friend was but a man." Such considerations would soon pacify us, because all our troubles proceed from their being unexpected.
[Trouble]
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When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
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When transported by rage, it is best to observe its effects on those who deliver themselves up to the same passion.
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Whenever anything is spoken against you that is not true, do not pass by or despise it because it is false; but forthwith examine yourself, and consider what you have said or done that may administer a just occasion of reproof.
[Reproof]
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Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall.
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Wickedness is a wonderfully diligent architect of misery, and shame, accompanied with terror, commotion, remorse, and endless perturbation.
[Wickedness]
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Words will build no walls.
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