Quotes by Plutarch

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

#Plutarch

When the candles are out all women are fair

#Control, #Government

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

#Communication, #Silence, #Speech

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech

#Glory, #Trust

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

#Control, #Government

Character is long-standing habit.

#Character, #Habit

Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or...

#Memory

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

#Money

Neither blame or praise yourself.

#Praise

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

#Perseverance

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

#Prosperity

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

#Rest