What did Plutarch mean by: I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is. - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece Copy
+ Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Justice, Politics, Wisdom, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Pain, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Challenge, Courage, Enemy, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Greedy, Merit, Praise, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Friendship, Heart, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one’s own praises. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Praise, Sound, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Learn to be pleased with everything…because it could always be worse, but isn’t! Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Gratitude, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, God, Gratitude, Heart, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
