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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

  • Attributed to Plutarch:

    “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”

  • 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.”

  • Attributed to Plutarch:

    “To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”

  • Attributed to Plutarch:

    “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”