Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... husband the exertions of the body , so as not to be wearied out by them and rendered unfit for study . For , as Plato says , 1 excessive sleep and fatigue are enemies to learning . But why dwell on this ? For I am in a hurry to pass to ...
... husband the exertions of the body , so as not to be wearied out by them and rendered unfit for study . For , as Plato says , 1 excessive sleep and fatigue are enemies to learning . But why dwell on this ? For I am in a hurry to pass to ...
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... husbands of their wives as unawares slaves to their dowries.3 972 § xx . I shall add a few remarks , and then bring my subject to a close . Before all things fathers must , by a good behaviour , set a good example to their sons , that ...
... husbands of their wives as unawares slaves to their dowries.3 972 § xx . I shall add a few remarks , and then bring my subject to a close . Before all things fathers must , by a good behaviour , set a good example to their sons , that ...
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... husband in the play saying to his wife , ' Do you hate me ? I can bear that hatred very easily , since of my dishonour I make money . ' Not a whit more really in love than this husband is the one , who , not for gain but merely for the ...
... husband in the play saying to his wife , ' Do you hate me ? I can bear that hatred very easily , since of my dishonour I make money . ' Not a whit more really in love than this husband is the one , who , not for gain but merely for the ...
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... husband of a rich or handsome woman to make his wife poor or ugly , but by his self - con- 1 4 3 Thespiæ . The allusion is to Phryne . See Pausanias , ix . 27 ; x . 15 . 2 Reading with Wyttenbach , ὥσπερ δακτύλιον δακτύλου ἰσχνοῦ , ὡς ...
... husband of a rich or handsome woman to make his wife poor or ugly , but by his self - con- 1 4 3 Thespiæ . The allusion is to Phryne . See Pausanias , ix . 27 ; x . 15 . 2 Reading with Wyttenbach , ὥσπερ δακτύλιον δακτύλου ἰσχνοῦ , ὡς ...
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... husband would direct well the life of a young man , being useful to him by reason of her superior wisdom , and acceptable to him for her sweetness and gentleness ? And to sum up the whole matter , " said he , we Boeotians ought to ...
... husband would direct well the life of a young man , being useful to him by reason of her superior wisdom , and acceptable to him for her sweetness and gentleness ? And to sum up the whole matter , " said he , we Boeotians ought to ...
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