It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. — Plutarch
Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord. — Plutarch
Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men’s private lives — Plutarch
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. — Plutarch
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. — Plutarch
To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days. — Plutarch
We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away. — Plutarch
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits. — 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