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• Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• According to the proverb, the best things are the most difficult.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man you will learn to halt.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• Nothing made the horse so fat as the king's eye.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in the felicity of lighting on good education.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• T is a wise saying, Drive on your own track.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...