"They are wrong who think that politics is……" — Plutarch
"They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in view, something which leaves off as soon as that end is reached. It is not a public chore, to be got over with. It is a way of life. It is the life of a domesticated political and social creature who is born with a love for public life, with a desire for honor, with a feeling for his fellows; and it lasts as long as need be."
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204 Quotes by Plutarch
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The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.
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