Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Quote by Plutarch

Topics: Ancient Greek Quotes

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Reason speaks and feeling bites

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it,...

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it,...

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

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

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

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I...

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I...

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...

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to...

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to...

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

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...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.