Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... the best thoughts of one of the most interesting and thoughtful of the ancients , who often seems indeed almost a modern . CAMBRIDGE , March , 1888 . • CONTENTS . ON EDUCATION ONE'S OFFSPRING ON LOVE CONJUGAL PREFACE . ix.
... the best thoughts of one of the most interesting and thoughtful of the ancients , who often seems indeed almost a modern . CAMBRIDGE , March , 1888 . • CONTENTS . ON EDUCATION ONE'S OFFSPRING ON LOVE CONJUGAL PREFACE . ix.
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... ONE'S PROGRESS IN VIRTUE WHETHER VICE IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE UNHAPPINESS 138 WHETHER THE DISORDERS OF MIND OR BODY ARE WORSE ON ABUNDANCE OF FRIENDS . . . . . 118 142 145 HOW ONE MAY DISCERN A FLATTERER FROM A FRIEND HOW A MAN MAY BE ...
... ONE'S PROGRESS IN VIRTUE WHETHER VICE IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE UNHAPPINESS 138 WHETHER THE DISORDERS OF MIND OR BODY ARE WORSE ON ABUNDANCE OF FRIENDS . . . . . 118 142 145 HOW ONE MAY DISCERN A FLATTERER FROM A FRIEND HOW A MAN MAY BE ...
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... one's craft . Now the foundation must be laid in training , and practice gives facility , but perfection is attained only by the junction of all three . For if any one of these elements be wanting , excellence must be so far deficient ...
... one's craft . Now the foundation must be laid in training , and practice gives facility , but perfection is attained only by the junction of all three . For if any one of these elements be wanting , excellence must be so far deficient ...
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... one's friend one should reject the best pilot and choose him instead . Zeus and all the gods ! can anyone bearing the sacred name of father put obliging a petitioner before obtaining the best education for his sons ? Were they not then ...
... one's friend one should reject the best pilot and choose him instead . Zeus and all the gods ! can anyone bearing the sacred name of father put obliging a petitioner before obtaining the best education for his sons ? Were they not then ...
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... one's Progress in Virtue . " See Pausanias , ix . 9. Also Erasmus , " Adagia . " 4 A fragment from the " Protesilaus " of Euripides . Our " It takes two to make a quarrel . " under control , so must the temper and the hands 14 ...
... one's Progress in Virtue . " See Pausanias , ix . 9. Also Erasmus , " Adagia . " 4 A fragment from the " Protesilaus " of Euripides . Our " It takes two to make a quarrel . " under control , so must the temper and the hands 14 ...
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