The Greek biographer, moralist, historian and essayist who has been described as one of the most influential writers who ever lived.
He studied mathematics, physics, medicine, natural science, rhetoric, philosophy, Greek, and Latin literature in 66.
His biographies of others are famous but not much is known about him.
Plutarch is perhaps best known for "Lives and Moralia" a collection of 83 treatises on diverse subjects such as
vegetarianism; superstition; Epicurean, Stoic, and Academic philosophy; dietetics; divine justice; prophecy; demonology;
conjugal relations; family life and mysticism.
His works had strong influence on later writers and the literatures of Europe and even America.
He was very much concerned with men's moral conduct and individual moral guidance in an age when men were losing
their faith in philosophy and religion.
(ca.46 - ca.120)
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
~ Plutarch
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
~ Plutarch
Character is simply habit long continued.
~ Plutarch
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
~ 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
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
~ Plutarch
Neither blame or praise yourself.
~ Plutarch
So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.
~ Plutarch
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
~ Plutarch
Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives,
than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.
~ Plutarch
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
~ 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
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
~ Plutarch
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
~ 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
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
~ Plutarch
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
~ Plutarch
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
~ Plutarch
An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.
~ Plutarch
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
~ Plutarch
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
~ Plutarch
The wildest colts make the best horses.
~ Plutarch
Known to have one of the greatest influences on modern Western thought, and to have taught his ways to Aristotle in the Academy,
Plato is considered one of the greatest minds and logical rationalists in world history. While his works often border mysticism, his continual pursuit
of ethical answers based on logical processes still influences law, politics, education, ethics, philosophy, and psychology even today.
Not much is known about his childhood and young days but he was of some higher social class. He wrote poetry and plays and had access to the best
libraries and teachers available in his day. He knew much about the outside world, mainly through reading and intimate discussions with others.
He is considered to be one of the earliest philosophers.
(428 BC - 347 BC)
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
~ Charles Dickens
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~ George Bernard Shaw
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~ Friedrich NietzscheMore Proverbs
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