Quotes

“Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.” Plutarch

“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.” Plutarch

“Character is long-standing habit.” Plutarch

“In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.” Plutarch

“Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.” Plutarch

“I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.” Plutarch

“The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.” Plutarch

“To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.” Plutarch

“Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.” Plutarch

“A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.” Plutarch

“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.” Plutarch

“The wildest colts make the best horses.” Plutarch

“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.” Plutarch

“Neither blame or praise yourself.” Plutarch

“Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.” Plutarch

“Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.” Plutarch

“I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.” Roman Polanski

“Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.” Roman Polanski

“I never made a film which fully satisfied me.” Roman Polanski

“I still had some honor... I still have some now.” Roman Polanski

“If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children.” Roman Polanski

“Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.” Roman Polanski

“I did not have a reputation to defend.” Roman Polanski

“I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.” Roman Polanski

“My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.” Roman Polanski

“Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.” Roman Polanski

“You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.” Roman Polanski

“I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line.” Roman Polanski

“In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.” Roman Polanski

“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Alexander Pope