Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... pleasure in their lives . Natu- rally enough . For if in giving pleasure to others they neglect the noble , they would be hardly likely to put the lofty and sound above a life of luxury and pleasure , and to prefer moderation to ...
... pleasure in their lives . Natu- rally enough . For if in giving pleasure to others they neglect the noble , they would be hardly likely to put the lofty and sound above a life of luxury and pleasure , and to prefer moderation to ...
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... pleasures , nor fierce and brutish in anger . These I regard as the principal blessings that philosophy teaches . For to enjoy prosperity nobly shows a man ; and to enjoy it with- out exciting envy shows a moderate man ; and to conquer ...
... pleasures , nor fierce and brutish in anger . These I regard as the principal blessings that philosophy teaches . For to enjoy prosperity nobly shows a man ; and to enjoy it with- out exciting envy shows a moderate man ; and to conquer ...
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... pleasure , and frisky , and needs a bridle , so that those parents who do not strongly check that period , are foolishly , if unawares , giv- ing their youths license for vice.1 Sensible parents , there- fore , ought during all that ...
... pleasure , and frisky , and needs a bridle , so that those parents who do not strongly check that period , are foolishly , if unawares , giv- ing their youths license for vice.1 Sensible parents , there- fore , ought during all that ...
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... pleasure as a sure bait . The sons of the rich are by their fathers urged to be sober , but by them to be drunk ; by their fathers to be chaste , by them to wax wanton ; by their fathers to save , by them to spend ; by their fathers to ...
... pleasure as a sure bait . The sons of the rich are by their fathers urged to be sober , but by them to be drunk ; by their fathers to be chaste , by them to wax wanton ; by their fathers to save , by them to spend ; by their fathers to ...
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... pleasure and pay little heed to rebuke , we must endeavour to marry , for marriage is the surest restraint upon youth . And we must marry our sons to wives not much richer or better born , for the proverb is a sound one , " Marry in ...
... pleasure and pay little heed to rebuke , we must endeavour to marry , for marriage is the surest restraint upon youth . And we must marry our sons to wives not much richer or better born , for the proverb is a sound one , " Marry in ...
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