Plutarch Quotes

It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.

The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

But a man cannot by writing a bill of divorce to his vice get rid of all trouble at once, and enjoy tranquillity by living apart.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

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

The truly pious must negotiate a difficult course between the precipice of godlessness and the marsh of superstition.

In a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.

The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.