Plutarch Quotes


When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.


Citations

Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Edited by William W. Goodwin, vol. 2, Little, Brown, and Company, 1878, p. 126.

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Plutarch
Plutarch
  • Born:
  • Nationality: Greek
  • Profession: Biographer

Plutarch (/ˈpluːtɑːrk/; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos; Koine Greek: [ˈplutarkʰos]; AD 46–after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος).