Fortune had favoured me in this war that I feared, the rather, that some tempest would follow so favourable a gale. Plutarch More Quotes by Plutarch More Quotes From Plutarch The human heart becomes softened by hearing of instances of gentleness and consideration. Plutarch consideration hearing heart 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 practice men life The belly has no ears. Plutarch gluttony belly ears What, did you not know, then, that to-day Lucullus dines with Lucullus? Plutarch dine eating knows Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall. Plutarch wise men fall There is no perfecter endowment in man than political virtue. Plutarch politics political men After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws. Plutarch eagles fighting advice Nothing made the horse so fat as the king's eye. Plutarch horse eye kings It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears. Plutarch citizens tasks ears Foreign lady once remarked to the wife of a Spartan commander that the women of Sparta were the only women in the world who could rule men. "We are the only women who raise men," the Spartan lady replied. Plutarch sparta wife men Scilurus on his death-bed, being about to leave four-score sons surviving, offered a bundle of darts to each of them, and bade them break them. When all refused, drawing out one by one, he easily broke them, thus teaching them that if they held together, they would continue strong; but if they fell out and were divided, they would become weak. Plutarch strong teaching son Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten over with. It is a way of life. Plutarch political ocean military Reason speaks and feeling bites Plutarch speak reason feelings Children are to be won to follow liberal studies by exhortations and rational motives, and on no account to be forced thereto by whipping. Plutarch whipping study children Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had befallen him, he returns this answer: "Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them, we have not yet conquered one? Plutarch asking numbers thinking As geographers, Sosius, crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes in the margin to the effect that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts, and unapproachable bogs. Plutarch desert lying world To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature. Plutarch faults human-nature matter One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not pronounce that syllable No. Plutarch asia men people It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur. If the number and variety of subjects to be wrought upon be infinite, it is all the more easy for fortune, with such an abundance of material, to effect this similarity of results. Plutarch time numbers long Extraordinary rains pretty generally fall after great battles. Plutarch battle rain fall
