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Rather Quotes by Plutarch
- For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to…
- I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.
- Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face,…
- It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.
- I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
- Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or rather, things that are
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