“we should probably keep that up for appearances’ sake on camera,” says Plutarch. “Off camera, he’s all yours.” — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
If Plutarch is the essayist I want to believe he is, he would want us all to sit in his chair. — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
The intimate and meditative form that Plutarch became known for was completely new in his day. — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
“It was Plutarch, you know, and nothing intrinsically American that prevented George Washington being a King...” — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
In 'Plutarch,' her voice begins to come out; there are actual 2,000-year-old quotes from Cleopatra, and they are sly and saucy. — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Plutarch says very finely that a man should not allow himself to hate even his enemies. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Plutarch has a fine expression, with regard to some woman of learning, humility, and virtue;--that her ornaments were such as might be… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I, for my own part, had much rather people should say of me that there neither is nor ever was such a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“I never really saw the celerity of your heart When steadily fighting off the Kierkegaardian part I listened to Plutarch While you… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you need to do is show up… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“When Plutarch says that a city might sooner subsist without a geographical site than without belief in the gods, his words would… — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“Haymitch? Not able to face something? Wanted a day off, more likely,” I say. “I think his actual words were ‘I couldn’t… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“What do you say, President?” asks Plutarch. “You could issue an official pardon, given the circumstances. The boy . . . he’s… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Plutarch was right after all. Fate did lead those who were willing to be led, and those who resisted the idea, like… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
Plutarch's peers were writing "rhetorics," which were these dry philosophical treatises that made really broad gestures about life and death and fate.… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
I love and honour [Paulus Aemilius, in Plutarch's Lives], for his fondness for his children, which instead of blushing at, he avows… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
When I ask Plutarch about his absence, he just shakes his head and says, "He couldnt face it." "Haymitch? Not able to… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“In some strata of Greek and Roman society the engineer was actually denigrated, higher esteem being accorded to poets, playwrights and sculptors.… — Stephanie Dalley Copy Share Image
“Reading Plutarch, he lost awareness of the gap in time that divided them—much bigger than the gap between Montaigne and us. It… — Sarah Bakewell Copy Share Image
Why I love the ancients so much? Aside from everything else, when I read them, the entire past between them and me… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
People like to say that Plutarch's is a really "personal" voice, but in truth Plutarch tells us very little about his life.… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
“Plutarch taught me high thoughts; he elevated me above the wretched sphere of my own reflections, to admire and love the heroes… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“Plutarch clearly notes that her beauty “was not in itself so remarkable that none could be compared with her, or that no… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“Can you really ask what reason Pythagoras had for abstaining from flesh? For my part I rather wonder both by what accident… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Of course you are. The tributes were necessary to the Games, too. Until they weren't," I say. "And then we were very… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Though the ancient poet in Plutarch tells us we must not trouble the gods with our affairs because they take no heed… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
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