The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.Apophthegmata Laconica, Of Agis the Son of Archidamus
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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.
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The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they.Apophthegmata Laconica, Of Agis the Son of Archidamus
Learn from the mistakes of others, for your life will not be long enough to experience everything yourself.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
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.Moralia, On Listening to Lectures, 2000
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.Morals [Moralia], On Listening to Lectures
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.Moralia, On the Education of Children, 2004
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, Section 8
That’s all 7 quotes by Plutarch.