Reason speaks and feeling bites

Quote by Plutarch

Topics: Reason Quotes

The wildest colts make the best horses.

The wildest colts make the best horses.

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

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...

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...

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors...

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors...

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and...

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and...

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

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

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent...

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent...

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...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...