Plutarch on Language
Browse 6 quotations attributed to Plutarch, catalogued under language, with dates where available.
This page displays 6 quotations attributed to Plutarch and filed under "language" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Plutarch, entry #214821: "Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. "They are tall," said he, "and comely, but bear no fruit."
Attributed to Plutarch, entry #94949: "A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answered, "In silence."
6 Quotes by Plutarch on Language
"Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. "They are tall," said he, "and comely, but bear no fruit."
"A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answered, "In silence."
"Alexander was wont to say, "Were I not Alexander, I would be Diogenes."
"From Themistocles began the saying, "He is a second Hercules."
"That proverbial saying, "Ill news goes quick and far."
"When any one expressed surprise at his not having a statue, when so many obscure men had obtained that honour, he answered, "I had rather that men should ask why I have no statue, than that they should ask why I have one."