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... ( Plutarch , Life of Solon , V. ) Cf. “ Où la guêpe a passé le moucheron demeure . " ( Where the wasp escapes the gnat is caught ) ( La Fontaine , Le Corbeau voulant imiter l'aigle ) ; and see Driving a coach and six , & c . I cannot bear ...
... ( Plutarch , Life of Solon , V. ) Cf. “ Où la guêpe a passé le moucheron demeure . " ( Where the wasp escapes the gnat is caught ) ( La Fontaine , Le Corbeau voulant imiter l'aigle ) ; and see Driving a coach and six , & c . I cannot bear ...
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... Plutarch , Praecepta gerendae rei- publicae , xiv . 809 , D. J'aime qui m'aime , j'estime qui le mérite , et je fais plaisir à qui je puis . ( I love him who loves me , I esteem him who deserves it , and I please whom I can . ) GILLES ...
... Plutarch , Praecepta gerendae rei- publicae , xiv . 809 , D. J'aime qui m'aime , j'estime qui le mérite , et je fais plaisir à qui je puis . ( I love him who loves me , I esteem him who deserves it , and I please whom I can . ) GILLES ...
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... Plutarch , Lysander I. LYCURGUS ( A. c . 850 B.C. ) Quand la justice a parlé , l'humanité doit avoir son ( When justice has spoken , humanity must have its turn ) . tour . In a speech by P. V. VERGNIAUD ( 1753-93 ) in pronouncing ...
... Plutarch , Lysander I. LYCURGUS ( A. c . 850 B.C. ) Quand la justice a parlé , l'humanité doit avoir son ( When justice has spoken , humanity must have its turn ) . tour . In a speech by P. V. VERGNIAUD ( 1753-93 ) in pronouncing ...
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... ( Plutarch , Lives : Marius , x1 ) . ̓Αληθή λέγεις · εἰ μὴ γὰρ σὺ τὴν πόλιν ἀπέβαλες , οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ παρέλαβον . ( Very true ; for if you had not lost the city , I could never have recaptured it ) . FABIUS MAXIMUS ( 275-202 B.C. ) -to Marcus ...
... ( Plutarch , Lives : Marius , x1 ) . ̓Αληθή λέγεις · εἰ μὴ γὰρ σὺ τὴν πόλιν ἀπέβαλες , οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ παρέλαβον . ( Very true ; for if you had not lost the city , I could never have recaptured it ) . FABIUS MAXIMUS ( 275-202 B.C. ) -to Marcus ...
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... ( Plutarch , Lives : Alexander , xiv ) . Αὐτᾶς ἄκουκα τήνας . ( I have heard the originals ) . A SPARTAN - when invited to hear a man imitate the nightingale ( Plutarch , Lives : Lycurgus , xx ) . The same reply to the same question is ...
... ( Plutarch , Lives : Alexander , xiv ) . Αὐτᾶς ἄκουκα τήνας . ( I have heard the originals ) . A SPARTAN - when invited to hear a man imitate the nightingale ( Plutarch , Lives : Lycurgus , xx ) . The same reply to the same question is ...
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