Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... live in the best . It was a witty re- mark of the philosopher Bion , that , as those suitors who could not seduce Penelope took up with her maids as a pis aller , so those who cannot attain philosophy wear them . selves out in useless ...
... live in the best . It was a witty re- mark of the philosopher Bion , that , as those suitors who could not seduce Penelope took up with her maids as a pis aller , so those who cannot attain philosophy wear them . selves out in useless ...
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... live soberly so as to have a reserve stock of strength for old age . Yet ought we 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 ...
... live soberly so as to have a reserve stock of strength for old age . Yet ought we 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 ...
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... live once ; why should you heed your father's threats ? he's an old twaddler , he has one foot in the grave ; we shall soon hoist him up and carry him off to burial . " Some even pimp for them and supply them with prostitutes or even ...
... live once ; why should you heed your father's threats ? he's an old twaddler , he has one foot in the grave ; we shall soon hoist him up and carry him off to burial . " Some even pimp for them and supply them with prostitutes or even ...
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... lives as a mirror , they may turn away from 66 66 1 Compare the character of Micio in the " Adelphi " of Terence . 2 This saying is assigned by Diogenes Laertius to Pittacus . 3 Compare Plautus , " Asinaria , " i . 1. 74 . imperium ...
... lives as a mirror , they may turn away from 66 66 1 Compare the character of Micio in the " Adelphi " of Terence . 2 This saying is assigned by Diogenes Laertius to Pittacus . 3 Compare Plautus , " Asinaria , " i . 1. 74 . imperium ...
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... live a depraved life have no right to censure their slaves , far less their sons . And besides this they will become counsellors and teachers of their sons in wrongdoing ; for where old men are shameless youths will of a certainty have ...
... live a depraved life have no right to censure their slaves , far less their sons . And besides this they will become counsellors and teachers of their sons in wrongdoing ; for where old men are shameless youths will of a certainty have ...
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