Author of quotes: Plutarch. Page 2

They mourned born, which goes to meet so many sorrows; and if the death has found an end to their suffering, the friends carried the greetings and joy.

Immortality is alien to our nature, and power, depending mostly on luck, we crave and covet, and moral perfection - the only one of the divine blessings available to us, we put on the last place.

The wildest colts make the best horses, but they need to be raised and trained.

Any reasonable spouse is decided with mutual consent, but so that the authority of the husband was clear and the last word remained behind it.

Like fire which is in cane, straw or hare hair easily breaks out, but quickly fades away if you don't find another food, love the brightly ignited a blossoming youth and physical attractiveness, but will soon fade away, if not, it will nourish the spiritual dignity and good nature of the young couple.

Initially, particularly should the newlyweds to guard against disagreements and clashes, looking at how the newly cemented pots easily crumble at the slightest jolt; but over time, when the designated bonds will be durable, nor fire, nor iron, they do not take.

Go around all the countries, and you can find cities without walls, without written language, without rulers, without palaces, without wealth, without coin, but no one saw more of the city deprived of churches and gods, cities where you would not vassillis prayers, not he swore in the name of deity.

Garden, frequently transplanted, the fruit brings.

One Spartan boy was sent to hunt, he found a Fox nest, near which lay a dead Fox, and in the hole there was a living Fox, the boy took it, even though it was forbidden, and hid it under her tunic. At this time, it caused some of the older and started talking. The Fox began to bite the boy, but the young hero quietly listened to the conversation while fell breathless, when it turned, under tunic and found the little Fox and scratched to the organs of the body.

If you are so sure that animals intended you to eat, then first kill for yourself is the creature whose meat want to eat. But kill him with my own hands or teeth, without the help of a knife, bludgeon or ax.

We can not claim rights on animals that exist on land that feed on the same food, breathe the same air, drink the same water that we do; when they are killing they confuse us with their terrifying shouts and forced to be ashamed of what we did.

Apology for those pitiful beings who first resorted to meat-eating, can serve as a complete absence and lack of funds for life, as they (primitive peoples) acquired the bloodthirsty habits of indulging their own lusts and not to indulge in lust among the "abnormal" excess of everything required and need. But what can justify us in our time?

Be consistent and do it yourself, without the hatchets, clubs and axes - like wolves, bears and lions do it, killing and eating its prey. ...But if you prefer to stand by while your offering is not going to die, and I can't stand to personally send someone to the light, why, then, defying the laws of Nature you continue to eat living creatures?

When Plutarch, the Greek writer who wrote a life of Pythagoras, asked why Pythagoras did not eat meat, Plutarch replied that it is not surprising that Pythagoras did not eat meat, and it is surprising that even now people who can eat hearty grains, vegetables and fruits, living creatures catch, slaughter and eat them.