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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...
• Lysander said, "Where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be pieced with the fox's.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Lysande...
• The old proverb was now made good, "the mountain had brought forth a mouse.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Agesilaus II...
• Using the proverb frequently in their mouths who enter upon dangerous and bold attempts, "The die is cast," he took the river.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Caesa...
• Lysander, when Dionysius sent him two gowns, and bade him choose which he would carry to his daughter, said, "She can choose best," and so took both away with him.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of Lysande...
• Be ruled by time, the wisest counsellor of all. -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Pericle
• For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Against Colote...
• Zeno first started that doctrine that knavery is the best defence against a knave.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of Bashfulne...
• According to the proverb, the best things are the most difficult.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...