Zitat des Tages von Plutarch:
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
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.
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
The wildest colts make the best horses.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Character is simply habit long continued.
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Character is long-standing habit.
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
Neither blame or praise yourself.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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.
When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.