The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kind… - Plutarch

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

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About Plutarch

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (c. 46 – 120) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist.

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Native Name: L. Mestrius Plutarchus • Πλούταρχος

Alternative Names: Plutarchus • Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus • Plutarchos • Plutarch of Chaeronea • Ploutarchos

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Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.

These Macedonians," said he, "are a rude and clownish people, that call a spade a spade.

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days