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Asked Quotes by Plutarch
- Pythagoras, when he was asked what time was, answered that it was the soul of this world.
- When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'
- A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not…
- When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.
- Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than…
- When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was…
- Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked…
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