What did Plutarch mean by: No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece Copy
+ It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Ancestry, Family, Glory, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, God, Gratitude, Heart, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Time which diminishes all things increases understanding for the aging. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Aging, Increase, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Benevolence, Human, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defence against a knave. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Doctrine, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Extraordinary rains pretty generally fall after great battles. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Battle, Rain, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Economic Inequality, Freedom, Tyrants, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Anger, Savages, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
All human actions are equivalent… and all are on principle doomed to failure. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
Destiny is a worrying concept. I don’t want to be fated, I want to choose. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
