black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.

Plutarch

Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.
PLUTARCH

Creation Deep Music
Even those virtues that nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them.
PLUTARCH

Confidence Nature Success Virtue
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
PLUTARCH

Courage Fear Mindset
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
PLUTARCH

Happiness Talk Yourself
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
PLUTARCH

Philosophy Soul Spiritual
The fact is that men who know nothing of decency in their own lives are only too ready to launch foul slanders against their betters and to offer them up as victims to the evil deity of popular envy.
PLUTARCH

Evil Live Man Victim
It’s a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, it is a very easy matter, but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
PLUTARCH

Difficult Easy Greatness Man Place Produce
Painting is silent poetry.
PLUTARCH

One Liner Poetry Silence
Come and take them.
PLUTARCH

Minimalism One Liner
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
PLUTARCH

Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
PLUTARCH

Friendship Grief Prosperity
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
PLUTARCH

Courage Oneself Philosophy
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
PLUTARCH

Evidence Love Trust
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
PLUTARCH

Animal Live Philosophy Right
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
PLUTARCH

Death Nation Rich
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
PLUTARCH

Character Mindset Seen Word

The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Plutarch Quotes