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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges or the most important battles.
Plutarch, qtd. James Boswell in Life of Johnson
Labels: James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Plutarch
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