What did Plutarch mean by: Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue. - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece Copy
+ Where the lion’s skin will not reach, you must patch it out with the fox’s. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Foxes, Lions, Skins, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Seasons, Silence, Speech, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Lying is a most disgraceful vice; it first despises God, and then fears men. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Lying, Vices, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Mortals, Veils, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ King Agis said, “The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are.” Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Enemy, Kings, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Advice, Empathy, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Character, Distinction, Women, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
+ The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Plutarch, Elude, Instant, Offers, 0 - Plutarch Historian and Biographer · Greece
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. - Michelangelo Artist · Italy
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot Economist and journalist · England
Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Most people aren’t cut out for value investing, because human nature shrinks from pain. - Jean-Marie Eveillard
God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions. - Jean-Pierre de Caussade Priest · France
