Plutarch Quotes on Knowledge
Plutarch of Chaeronea was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, biographer, and priest at Delphi. This page collects quotes attributed to Plutarch on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Plutarch:
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
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Attributed to Plutarch:
“It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration; nay, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.”
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Attributed to Plutarch:
“To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
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Attributed to Plutarch:
“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”