Plutarco: Frases em inglês

Frases em inglês.
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“Have in readiness this saying of Solon, "But we will not give up our virtue in exchange for their wealth."”

Plutarch

How to profit by our Enemies
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“The old proverb was now made good, "the mountain had brought forth a mouse."”

Plutarch

Life of Agesilaus II
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with much labour."”

Plutarch

Whether an Aged Man ought to meddle in State Affairs
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Xenophanes said, "I confess myself the greatest coward in the world, for I dare not do an ill thing."”

Plutarch

Of Bashfulness
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up.”

Plutarch

Of Isis and Osiris
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.”

Plutarch

Life of Alexander
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.”

Plutarch livro Moralia

Moralia, Of the Training of Children