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Plutarch quotes about manly

Greek Philosopher January 3, 2050 – January 2, 0127

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When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they themselves touch the inflammation: But a man sunk in grief suffers every chance comer to stir and augment his affliction like a running sore; and by reason of the fingering and consequent irritation it hardens into a serious and intractable evil. Plutarch
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future. Plutarch
I, for my part, wonder of what sort of feeling, mind or reason that man was possessed who was first to pollute his mouth with gore, and to allow his lips to touch the flesh of a murdered being: who spread his table with the mangled forms of dead bodies, and claimed as daily food and dainty dishes what but now were beings endowed with movement, perception and with voice. Plutarch
Plutarch quote: "It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though..."
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. Plutarch
Plutarch quote: "The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it."
The whole like of a man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it. Plutarch
It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in it's place is a work extremely troublesome. Plutarch
For there is no virtue, the honor and credit for which procures a man more odium than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people. Plutarch
Plutarch quote: "Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing..."
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. Plutarch
Plutarch quote: "No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be..."
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. Plutarch

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