Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, Action, and which was the second, he replied, action, and which was the third, he still answered Action.
Plutarch
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Plutarch
Biographer
Essayist
Historian
Magistrate
Philosopher
Priest
Writer
Plutarchus
Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
Plutarchos
Pseudo-Plutarchus
Pseudo-Plutarch
Plutarch of Chaeronea
Ploutarchos
Firsts
Third
First
Thirds
Asked
Second
Action
Demosthenes
Stills
Oratory
Part
Replied
Still
Answered
More quotes by Plutarch
It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter but to produce a better in it's place is a work extremely troublesome.
Plutarch
Being summoned by the Athenians out of Sicily to plead for his life, Alcibiades absconded, saying that that criminal was a fool who studied a defence when he might fly for it.
Plutarch
Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. They are tall, said he, and comely, but bear no fruit.
Plutarch
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.
Plutarch
Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man.
Plutarch
What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water.
Plutarch
Painting is silent poetry.
Plutarch
Character is inured habit.
Plutarch
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.
Plutarch
Neither blame or praise yourself.
Plutarch
If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.
Plutarch
Talkativeness has another plague attached to it, even curiosity for praters wish to hear much that they may have much to say.
Plutarch
The soul of man... is a portion or a copy of the soul of the Universe and is joined together on principles and in proportions corresponding to those which govern the Universe.
Plutarch
Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill treatment.
Plutarch
Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.
Plutarch
Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the other hand, it is the handmaid of a sober, industrious, righteous, and brave man, who devotes all his powers to the service of the people, it is the sign of a lofty spirit that harbours no mean thoughts
Plutarch
As geographers, Sosius, crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes in the margin to the effect that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts, and unapproachable bogs.
Plutarch
Agesilaus was very fond of his children and it is reported that once toying with them he got astride upon a reed as upon a horse, and rode about the room and being seen by one of his friends, he desired him not to speak of it till he had children of his own.
Plutarch
Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty.
Plutarch
Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune.
Plutarch
