Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... brings with it a store of assurance , which ought to be greatly valued by all who desire legitimate offspring . For the spirit of those who are a spurious and bastard breed is apt to be mean and abject : for as the poet truly says ...
... brings with it a store of assurance , which ought to be greatly valued by all who desire legitimate offspring . For the spirit of those who are a spurious and bastard breed is apt to be mean and abject : for as the poet truly says ...
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... bringing up the one is pampered , and the other a good hound . " Let so much suffice for habit and modes of life ... bring them up with more sympathy and care , if they love them so intimately and , as the pro- verb puts it , " from ...
... bringing up the one is pampered , and the other a good hound . " Let so much suffice for habit and modes of life ... bring them up with more sympathy and care , if they love them so intimately and , as the pro- verb puts it , " from ...
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... bringing - up is of the first and middle and last importance ; and I declare it to be most instru- mental and conducive to virtue and happiness . For all other human blessings compared to this are petty and in- significant . For noble ...
... bringing - up is of the first and middle and last importance ; and I declare it to be most instru- mental and conducive to virtue and happiness . For all other human blessings compared to this are petty and in- significant . For noble ...
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... brings satiety ; where- as variety is pleasant always whether to the ear or eye . § x . Next our freeborn lad ought to go in for a course of what is called general knowledge , but a smattering of this will be sufficient , a taste as it ...
... brings satiety ; where- as variety is pleasant always whether to the ear or eye . § x . Next our freeborn lad ought to go in for a course of what is called general knowledge , but a smattering of this will be sufficient , a taste as it ...
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... bringing - up of his sons , he must banish from his house this abominable race . He must also be on his guard against the viciousness of his sons ' schoolfellows , for they are quite sufficient to corrupt the best morals . 3 § XVIII ...
... bringing - up of his sons , he must banish from his house this abominable race . He must also be on his guard against the viciousness of his sons ' schoolfellows , for they are quite sufficient to corrupt the best morals . 3 § XVIII ...
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