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• Lysander said that the law spoke too softly to be heard in such a noise of war.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Caius Mariu...
• Extraordinary rains pretty generally fall after great battles.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Caius Mariu...
• You speak truth," said Themistocles; "I should never have been famous if I had been of Seriphu
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Themistocle...
• Alexander said, "I assure you I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Alexande...
• Pythias once, scoffing at Demosthenes, said that his arguments smelt of the lamp.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Demosthene...
• Themistocles said to Antiphales, "Time, young man, has taught us both a lesson.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Themistocle...
• When Alexander asked Diogenes whether he wanted anything, "Yes," said he, "I would have you stand from between me and the sun.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Alexande...
• Pyrrhus said, "If I should overcome the Romans in another fight, I were undone.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Pyrrhu...
• I will show," said Agesilaus, "that it is not the places that grace men, but men the places.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Laconic Apophthegms, Of Agesilaus the Grea...