Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... never recover their original symmetry : and the crooked staves of actors can never be made straight . But by toil what is contrary to nature becomes stronger than even nature itself . And are these the only things that teach the power ...
... never recover their original symmetry : and the crooked staves of actors can never be made straight . But by toil what is contrary to nature becomes stronger than even nature itself . And are these the only things that teach the power ...
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... never be recalled . I have heard of myriads who have fallen into the greatest misfortunes through inability to govern their tongues . Passing over the rest , I will mention one or two cases in point . When Ptolemy Philadelphus married ...
... never be recalled . I have heard of myriads who have fallen into the greatest misfortunes through inability to govern their tongues . Passing over the rest , I will mention one or two cases in point . When Ptolemy Philadelphus married ...
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... never abandons us in our straits ? And yet some of these same straits have more necessity than beauty . For example , our birth , in spite of the unpleasant circumstances attending it , is witnessed by the divine Ilithyia and Artemis ...
... never abandons us in our straits ? And yet some of these same straits have more necessity than beauty . For example , our birth , in spite of the unpleasant circumstances attending it , is witnessed by the divine Ilithyia and Artemis ...
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... never blossoms nor make a goodly show of virtue , for as Eschylus truly says , 4 ' I never can mistake the burning eye Of the young woman that has once known man . ' 8 Shall the indications then of a forward wanton and corrupt no more ...
... never blossoms nor make a goodly show of virtue , for as Eschylus truly says , 4 ' I never can mistake the burning eye Of the young woman that has once known man . ' 8 Shall the indications then of a forward wanton and corrupt no more ...
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... never joke or smile with them , only teach them to seek their pleasures out of their company . § XVI . The kings of Persia have their wedded wives at their side at banquets and entertainments ; but when they have a mind for a drunken ...
... never joke or smile with them , only teach them to seek their pleasures out of their company . § XVI . The kings of Persia have their wedded wives at their side at banquets and entertainments ; but when they have a mind for a drunken ...
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