Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common; this common land they assigned to such of the citizens as were poor and indigent, for which they were to pay only a small acknowledgment into the public treasury. But when the wealthy men began to offer larger rents, and drive the poorer people out, it was enacted by law that no person whatever should enjoy more than five hundred acres of ground.

Plutarch's Popular Quotes

Either is both, and Both is neither.

- Plutarch

From Themistocles began the saying, "He is a second Hercules."

- Plutarch

The great god Pan is dead.

- Plutarch

Barba non facit philosophum

- Plutarch

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

- Plutarch

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

- Plutarch

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

- 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

For the wise man, every day is a festival.

- Plutarch