Top 39 Quotes by 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.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

Character is simply habit long continued.

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

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.