Plutarch

"The greatest and most important problems cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them."

"What is true and what is false are not always manifest."

"The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life."

"There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the wise man does not deny, but readily admits, the necessity of acquiescing in the ingrained demand."

"The soul of a man is immortal and imperishable, and his life is endless."

"Art imitates nature."

"Adapt yourself to things, just as things adapt themselves to you."

"Human virtue consists essentially in the choice of a mean relative to us."

"To achieve something worthy of the effort, you must do what you came to do."

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life."

"Love is an ancient evil; its force is irresistible."

"Nothing is so unbelievable as an obvious fact."

"An actor who cannot move you, who cannot awaken you to a sense of beauty, has no right to call himself an actor."

"The omission of good is no less a violation of duty than the commission of evil."

"I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras and the hidden theology of the Egyptians."

"Be assured that the rotten apple does not fall far from the rotten tree."

"Nature abhors a vacuum."

"The health of the eye demands a horizon."

"I am accustomed to seeing women with children in their arms and to giving them a seat."

"What we achieve inwardly changes outer reality."

"Shared sorrow is half sorrow; shared joy is double joy."

"The whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of death."

"A good ruler is one who works alongside his people."

"To do wrong to those with whom we live is to do wrong to ourselves."

"The noblest spirit is the one that feels none of its wounds."

"Audacity is the art of moving the pillars of the world."

"It is harder to be faithful in prosperity than adversity."

"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."