Plutarch

died 120

Plutarch was a Greek biographer and essayist who lived during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. He is best known for his work "Parallel Lives," a series of biographies comparing notable figures from Greek and Roman history. Plutarch's writings have had a lasting impact on Western literature and are considered valuable sources for understanding ancient history.

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

— Plutarch

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

— 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 don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

— Plutarch

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

— Plutarch

The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.

— Plutarch

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