For, in the language of Heraclitus, the virtuous soul is pure and unmixed light, springing from the body as a flash of lightning darts from the cloud. But the soul that is carnal and immersed in sense, like a heavy and dank vapor, can with difficulty be kindled, and caused to raise its eyes heavenward.
Either is both, and Both is neither. - Plutarch
Either is both, and Both is neither.
- Plutarch
From Themistocles began the saying, "He is a second Hercules." - Plutarch
From Themistocles began the saying, "He is a second Hercules."
The great god Pan is dead. - Plutarch
The great god Pan is dead.
Barba non facit philosophum - Plutarch
Barba non facit philosophum
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. - Plutarch
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. - Plutarch
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. - Plutarch
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. - Plutarch
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
For the wise man, every day is a festival. - Plutarch
For the wise man, every day is a festival.
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