Plutarch Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

35 Famous Quotes by Plutarch
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“The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.”
Wickedness Quotes
“Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.”
Contentment Quotes
“Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.”
Perseverance Quotes
“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
Friendship Quotes
“Socrates ... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
Citizenship Quotes
“Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.”
Economy Quotes
“God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.”
God Quotes
“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.”
Perseverance Quotes
“Rest: the sweet sauce of labor.”
Rest Quotes
“Time is the wisest of all counselors.”
Time Quotes