Maxioms by Plutarch
Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will
march straight ahead without looking back.
Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will
march straight ahead without looking back.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but
of three things. The first read more
He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but
of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with
a secret; the second that he had gone by sea when he might have
gone by land; and the third, that had passed one day without
having a will by him.
Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best
defence against a knave.
Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best
defence against a knave.