To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.
Interpretation
Understanding history and great figures is crucial for personal growth and maturity.
Plutarch emphasizes the importance of knowledge and history in shaping our understanding of the world. Ignorance of the accomplishments and lives of renowned historical figures limits our intellectual development and keeps us in a naive state, akin to that of a child. By studying the past, we can gain wisdom and perspective that guide us through life.
In practice
This quote can be used in an educational setting to encourage students to engage with history actively.
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Come back with your shield - or on it
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
I learn something new every game. Every game is always different, no matter how you try and think about it beforehand.
Sometimes it seems the only accomplishment my education ever bestowed on me was the ability to think in quotations.
To have a vision of the cosmic plan, in which every form of life depends on directed movements which have effects beyond their conscious aim, is to understand the child's work and be able to guide it better.
There are six stages to knowledge: Firstly: Asking questions in a good manner. Secondly: Remaining quiet and listening attentively. Thirdly: Understanding well. Fourthly: Memorising. Fifthly: Teaching. Sixthly- and it is its fruit: Acting upon the knowledge and keeping to its limits.
We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food.
What an astonishing thing a book is.
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