Talk:Plutarch

From Wikiquote

Jump to: navigation, search

[edit] Unsourced Plutarch quotations for checking

  • Youths throw stones at frogs in sport, but the frogs die in earnest.

[edit] lectures

I am looking for the source of "The correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling..." which is given as Listening to Lectures. I'd like to know the context of this quote. Does anyone know where I can find the full text? See also wikiversity:Main page learning project/QOTD --mikeu 04:21, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced

Wikiquote no longer allows unsourced quotations, and they are in process of being removed from our pages (see Wikiquote:Limits on quotations); but if you can provide a reliable, precise and verifiable source for any quote on this list please move it to Plutarch. --Antiquary 17:51, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

  • An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
  • And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain he wept, for there were no more lands to conquer.
  • Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
  • Wickedness frames the engines of her own torment. She is a wonderful artisan of a miserable life.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Plutarch"