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Plutarch
The mind is...
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.
Source: In The...
All men whilst...
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...
Those who aim...
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
Source: In The Speaker's...
Nothing is cheap...
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.
To find a...
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Source: In Correct Quotes...
It is indeed...
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our...
Rest is the...
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
Source: In The Book of Success, ed. Richard Shea,...
The wildest colts...
The wildest colts make the best horses.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...
The omission of...
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
Source:...
Perseverance is more...
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are taken together,...
Medicine, to produce...
Medicine, to produce health, has to examine disease.
Source: Lives, 'Demetrius',...
A sage thing...
A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech.
Source: 'The Education...
Another such victory...
Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone.
Source: In Quotable...
Character is simply...
Character is simply habit long continued.
Source: In The Book of Success, ed....
Courage stands halfway...
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of...