Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... better its original con- dition , the worse its ultimate state if uncared for . On the other hand a soil exceedingly rough and sterile by being farmed well produces excellent crops . And what trees do not by neglect become gnarled and ...
... better its original con- dition , the worse its ultimate state if uncared for . On the other hand a soil exceedingly rough and sterile by being farmed well produces excellent crops . And what trees do not by neglect become gnarled and ...
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... better advice could we give our sons than to follow this ? or to what could we better exhort them to accustom themselves ? For perfection is only attained by neither speaking nor acting at random - as the proverb says , Perfection is ...
... better advice could we give our sons than to follow this ? or to what could we better exhort them to accustom themselves ? For perfection is only attained by neither speaking nor acting at random - as the proverb says , Perfection is ...
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... better than others , and the clever will outstrip themselves . For good is that remark of Hesiod , " If to a little you keep adding a little , and do so frequently , it will soon be a lot . ” 2 And let not fathers forget , that thus ...
... better than others , and the clever will outstrip themselves . For good is that remark of Hesiod , " If to a little you keep adding a little , and do so frequently , it will soon be a lot . ” 2 And let not fathers forget , that thus ...
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... better than any speech . And that is , I 1 See Plutarch's Lysander . " " 2 Or symposium , where all sorts of liberties were taken . govern think , the reason why the ancients instituted the mysteries ON EDUCATION . 15.
... better than any speech . And that is , I 1 See Plutarch's Lysander . " " 2 Or symposium , where all sorts of liberties were taken . govern think , the reason why the ancients instituted the mysteries ON EDUCATION . 15.
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... better for a father to be hot - tempered than sullen , for to continue hostile and irreconcilable looks like hating one's son . And it is good to seem not to notice some faults , but to extend to them the weak sight and deafness of old ...
... better for a father to be hot - tempered than sullen , for to continue hostile and irreconcilable looks like hating one's son . And it is good to seem not to notice some faults , but to extend to them the weak sight and deafness of old ...
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