Plutarch Quotes

He was a man, which, as Plato saith, is a very inconstant creature.

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• It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so free with all they possess, that no one would believe it without having seen it. Of anything they have, if you ask them for it, they never say no; rather they invite the person to share it, and show as much love as if they were giving their hearts.

  

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• They are smoking crack.

  

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• I'm recognizable in certain circles, like girls know me, couples know me. But not all straight men know me.

  

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• I am a huge fan of capitalism and a huge fan of entrepreneurship and changing the world with technology and with entrepreneurship. Capitalism is awesome. To me, capitalism is my religion.

  

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• When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss.

  

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• I think of the important things: how to prepare, how to practice, how to prepare to practice.

  

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• My skin is 24 karat gold when a sun hit it.

  

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• The 2007 Emmy Awards were a little too Cirque de Seacrest. I shouldn't say that about Ryan, she's a very good hostess.

  

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• That metre itself forms an essential part of all true poetry is a principle which not even the assertions of an Aristotle or the pronouncements of a Plato can disestablish.

  

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• The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.

  

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• He was a man, which, as Plato saith, is a very inconstant creature.

  

  Plutarch
  • Plato