17 quotes by Plutarch

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” — Plutarch

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“Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.” — Plutarch

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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” — Plutarch

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“Medicine to produce health must examine disease and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.” — Plutarch

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“It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him for the one is only belief - the other contempt.” — Plutarch

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“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.” — Plutarch

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“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.” — Plutarch

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“Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.” — Plutarch

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“I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.” — Plutarch

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“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.” — Plutarch

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“The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.” — Plutarch

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“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” — Plutarch

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“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.” — Plutarch

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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.” — Plutarch

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“The wildest colts make the best horses.” — Plutarch

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“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.” — Plutarch

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“Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.” — Plutarch

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