To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm. Plutarch More Quotes by Plutarch More Quotes From Plutarch Rather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well. Plutarch painfulmaymemories Note that the eating of flesh is not only physically against nature, but it also makes us spiritually coarse and gross by reason of satiety and surfeit. Plutarch philosophicalfleshanimal The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever. Plutarch winestrongmen If you declare that you are naturally designed for such a diet, then first kill for yourself what you want to eat. Do it, however, only through your own resources, unaided by cleaver or cudgel or any kind of ax Plutarch philosophicalvegetarianismanimal The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing. Plutarch eviltalkingfirsts When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself. Plutarch carespecialanswers Let us not wonder if something happens which never was before, or if something doth not appear among us with which the ancients were acquainted. Plutarch ifswonderhappens The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses. Plutarch instanteludeoffers Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors? Plutarch achillesgamessaid So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history. Plutarch difficultmatter When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they themselves touch the inflammation: But a man sunk in grief suffers every chance comer to stir and augment his affliction like a running sore; and by reason of the fingering and consequent irritation it hardens into a serious and intractable evil. Plutarch griefeyerunning When the candles are out all women are fair. Plutarch candlefairs The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as formidable as possible, the second as pleasant as possible, to the participants. Plutarch armyfoodorder Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy. Plutarch challengescourageenemy Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken. Plutarch tonguesilenceremember Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist. Plutarch dragfatedestiny It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears. Plutarch lossinspiringfood A Locanian having plucked all the feathers off from a nightingale and seeing what a little body it had, "surely," quoth he, "thou art all voice and nothing else. Plutarch voicebodyart The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. Plutarch educationappreciationteacher Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life. Plutarch differencesbraverymen
