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Geburtsort | Boeotia |
Todesort | Delphi |
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Beschreibung | Plutarch (/ˈpluːtɑːrk/; griechisch: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos; Koine griechisch: [ˈplutarkʰos]; c. 46 n. Chr. - nach 119 n. Chr.) war ein griechischer mittelplatonischer Philosoph, Historiker, Biograph, Essayist und Priester am Apollontempel in Delphi. Er ist vor allem für seine Parallel Lives, eine Reihe von Biografien berühmter Griechen und Römer, und Moralia, eine Sammlung von Essays und Reden, bekannt. Als er römischer Bürger wurde, trug er möglicherweise den Namen Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος). |
The wildest colts make the best horses.
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
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.
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod my shadow does that much better.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
