A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Quote by Plutarch

Topics: Vice Quotes

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them...

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them...

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn...

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn...

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Reason speaks and feeling bites

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

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

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them,...

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them,...

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he...

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he...

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to...

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to...

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

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

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

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

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

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

Homer, lighten up. You're making 'Happy Hour' bitterly ironic.

Homer, lighten up. You're making 'Happy Hour' bitterly ironic.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward