03c. 83 ADLysander said that the law spoke too softly to be heard in such a noise of war.Plutarch / quote ↗
06c. 83 ADIt is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur. If the number and variety of subjects to be wrought upon be infinite, it is all the more easy for fortune, with such an abundance of material, to effect this similarity of results.Plutarch / quote ↗
07c. 83 ADPerseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.Plutarch / quote ↗
08c. 83 ADAgesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself.Plutarch / quote ↗
09c. 83 ADIt is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.Plutarch / quote ↗
10c. 83 ADThe old proverb was now made good, "the mountain had brought forth a mouse."Plutarch / quote ↗
11c. 83 ADPompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.Plutarch / quote ↗
12c. 83 ADWhen some were saying that if Cæsar should march against the city they could not see what forces there were to resist him, Pompey replied with a smile, bidding them be in no concern, "for whenever I stamp my foot in any part of Italy there will rise up forces enough in an instant, both horse and foot."Plutarch / quote ↗
13c. 83 ADThe most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.Plutarch / quote ↗
14c. 83 ADWhenever Alexander heard Philip had taken any town of importance, or won any signal victory, instead of rejoicing at it altogether, he would tell his companions that his father would anticipate everything, and leave him and them no opportunities of performing great and illustrious actions.Plutarch / quote ↗
15c. 83 ADAlexander said, "I assure you I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion."Plutarch / quote ↗
16c. 83 ADWhen Alexander asked Diogenes whether he wanted anything, "Yes," said he, "I would have you stand from between me and the sun."Plutarch / quote ↗
17c. 83 ADWhen asked why he parted with his wife, Cæsar replied, "I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected."Plutarch / quote ↗
18c. 83 ADFor my part, I had rather be the first man among these fellows than the second man in Rome.Plutarch / quote ↗
19c. 83 ADUsing the proverb frequently in their mouths who enter upon dangerous and bold attempts, "The die is cast," he took the river.Plutarch / quote ↗
20c. 83 AD"And this," said Cæsar, "you know, young man, is more disagreeable for me to say than to do."Plutarch / quote ↗
21c. 83 ADGo on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Cæsar and his fortunes in your boat.Plutarch / quote ↗
22c. 83 ADCæsar said to the soothsayer, "The ides of March are come;" who answered him calmly, "Yes, they are come, but they are not past."Plutarch / quote ↗
23c. 83 ADEven a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.Plutarch / quote ↗
24c. 83 ADDemosthenes told Phocion, "The Athenians will kill you some day when they once are in a rage." "And you," said he, "if they are once in their senses."Plutarch / quote ↗
