Plutarch Quote Explained: So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.

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A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need.

- Plutarch

Historian and Biographer

· Greece

Friendship

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Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.

- Plutarch

Historian and Biographer

· Greece

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Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.

- Plutarch

Historian and Biographer

· Greece

Love

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Lysander said that the law spoke too softly to be heard in such a noise of war.

- Plutarch

Historian and Biographer

· Greece

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The generous mind adds dignity to every act, and nothing misbecomes it.

- Plutarch

Historian and Biographer

· Greece

Dignity
Mind

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Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

- Plutarch

Historian and Biographer

· Greece

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In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

- Plutarch

Historian and Biographer

· Greece

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Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.

- Plutarch

Historian and Biographer

· Greece

So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.

So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.

A friend should be like money, tried before being required, not found faulty in our need.

Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.

Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.

Lysander said that the law spoke too softly to be heard in such a noise of war.

The generous mind adds dignity to every act, and nothing misbecomes it.

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.

Let me know what your problem is, and I will try to make it more difficult for you. Explain

It would be difficult to do art without music (music subsidises the art).

The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.

There are a lot of difficult situations that lead to awkwardness.

Playing for someone else’s crowd is always difficult for any band.

Tis not the dying for a faith that’s so hard… ‘Tis the living up to it that’s difficult. Explain

Painting is so difficult that I would give it up if it were not so enjoyable.

A well-trained mind has less difficulty in submitting to than in guiding an ill-trained mind. Explain

So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.

So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.

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