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“So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.”

Parallel Lives, Pericles

“Empire may be gained by gold, not gold by empire. It used, indeed, to be a proverb that "It is not Philip, but Philip's gold that takes the cities of Greece."”

Plutarch book Parallel Lives

Aemilius, sec. 12
Parallel Lives

“As Cæsar was at supper the discourse was of death,—which sort was the best. "That," said he, "which is unexpected."”

Plutarch

Cæsar
Roman Apophthegms

“Have in readiness this saying of Solon, "But we will not give up our virtue in exchange for their wealth."”

Plutarch

How to profit by our Enemies
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“The old proverb was now made good, "the mountain had brought forth a mouse."”

Plutarch

Life of Agesilaus II
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Said Scopas of Thessaly, "We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things."”

Plutarch

Of the Love of Wealth
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Spintharus, speaking in commendation of Epaminondas, says he scarce ever met with any man who knew more and spoke less.”

Plutarch

Of Hearing, 6
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with much labour."”

Plutarch

Whether an Aged Man ought to meddle in State Affairs
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Xenophanes said, "I confess myself the greatest coward in the world, for I dare not do an ill thing."”

Plutarch

Of Bashfulness
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“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 book Parallel Lives

Sertorius, sec. 16
Parallel Lives

“Epaminondas is reported wittily to have said of a good man that died about the time of the battle of Leuctra, "How came he to have so much leisure as to die, when there was so much stirring?"”

Plutarch

Rules for the Preservation of Health, 25
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up.”

Plutarch

Of Isis and Osiris
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Philip being arbitrator betwixt two wicked persons, he commanded one to fly out of Macedonia and the other to pursue him.”

Plutarch

36 Philip
Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders

“Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practise.”

Plutarch book Parallel Lives

Parallel Lives, Pericles

“The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.”

Plutarch

Life of Alexander
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.”

Plutarch book Moralia

Moralia, Of the Training of Children

“Thus our judgments, if they do not borrow from reason and philosophy a fixity and steadiness of purpose in their acts, are easily swayed and influenced by the praise or blame of others, which make us distrust our own opinions.”

Plutarch book Parallel Lives

Timoleon, sec. 6
Parallel Lives

“By the study of their biographies, we receive each man as a guest into our minds, and we seem to understand their character as the result of a personal acquaintance, because we have obtained from their acts the best and most important means of forming an opinion about them. "What greater pleasure could'st thou gain than this?"”

Plutarch book Parallel Lives

What more valuable for the elevation of our own character?
Timoleon
Parallel Lives

“Lysander, when Dionysius sent him two gowns, and bade him choose which he would carry to his daughter, said, "She can choose best," and so took both away with him.”

Plutarch

Of Lysander
Laconic Apophthegms

“Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune.”

Plutarch book Parallel Lives

Eumenes, sec. 9
Parallel Lives