"Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech."
-Plutarch
wisdomView Quote
Other Quotes
Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection
"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future."
-Plutarch
wisdomView Quote
"I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions."
-Plutarch
powerView Quote
"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future."
-Plutarch
powerView Quote
"Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks."
-Plutarch
poetryView Quote
"Medicine to produce health must examine disease and music, to create harmony must investigate discord."
-Plutarch
musicView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"You do have to change things as warfare changes."
-Charles Schumer
changeView Quote
"My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important."
-Tom Hanks
changeView Quote
"What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later."
-Jonathan Sacks
changeView Quote
"Europe is dying. That is one of the unsayable truths of our time. We are undergoing the moral equivalent of climate change and no one is talking about it."
-Jonathan Sacks
changeView Quote
"Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon."
-Nick Clegg
changeView Quote
"Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives."
-Jonathan Sacks
changeView Quote