Zitate von Plutarch
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Denn das Wort ist nur zu wahr: Wer zuerst dem Volk Freitische spendiert und Bestechungsgelder in die Hand drückte, der führte es zuerst auf die Bahn der Knechtschaft.
Informationen über Plutarch
Philosoph, Biograph (Griechenland, 45 - 120).
Plutarch · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Plutarch wäre heute 1980 Jahre, 4 Monate, 4 Tage oder 723.305 Tage alt.
Geboren am 01.01.0045 in Chaironeia
Gestorben am 0120 in Athen
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Weitere 176 Zitate von Plutarch
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It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration - nay, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
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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.
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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.
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Lying is a most disgraceful vice; it first despises God, and then fears men.
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Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.
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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.
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Philosophy is the art of living.
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Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Remember what Simonides said - that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
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Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
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The King said, "The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you."
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The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
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The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.
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The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. - And the first evil that attends those who know not how to be silent, is, that they hear nothing.
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The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.
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There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle . . . "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much"; and upon these all other precepts depend.
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There is no doubt that the real destroyer of the liberties of any people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and largess.