Plutarch Quotes

Scilurus on his death-bed, being about to leave four-score sons surviving, offered a bundle of darts to each of them, and bade them break them. When all refused, drawing out one by one, he easily broke them,-thus teaching them that if they held together, they would continue strong; but if they fell out and were divided, they would become weak.

Plutarch

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The good news is that even though we walk through this valley of death, we don't have to fear, at least not for ourselves! Unfortunately, there is no way to skip over the valley altogether, we must face death and the evidence of evil all around us. But there will come a day... And what a day that will be!

Ted Dekker
- Good
- Death
- Fear
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

Walter Benjamin
I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.

Olivia Thirlby
- Work
- Earth
- Strong
It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

Samuel Johnson
- People
- Together
- True
Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.

Garrison Keillor
- Death
- Funny
- Humor
Hamish and I rarely go to launches or parties any more but prefer to spend our time hanging out together.

Zoe Foster Blake
- Time
- Together
- More