Plutarch Quotes

‘What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.’ – Plutarch

‘The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.’ – Plutarch

‘Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.’ – Plutarch

‘I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.’ – Plutarch

‘No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.’ – Plutarch

‘What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.’ – Plutarch

‘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.’ – Plutarch

‘The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.’ – Plutarch

‘Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.’ – Plutarch

‘I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.’ – Plutarch

‘No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.’ – Plutarch

‘What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.’ – Plutarch

‘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.’ – Plutarch

‘Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.’ – Plutarch

‘Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.’ – Plutarch

‘Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.’ – Plutarch

‘To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.’ – Plutarch

‘The wildest colts make the best horses.’ – Plutarch

‘The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.’ – Plutarch

‘Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.’ – Plutarch

‘An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.’ – Plutarch

‘It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.’ – Plutarch

‘Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.’ – Plutarch

‘Character is simply habit long continued.’ – Plutarch

‘It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.’ – Plutarch

‘Neither blame or praise yourself.’ – Plutarch

‘Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.’ – Plutarch