Showing posts with label James Boswell. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Plutarch

0 comments Posted by crue at 11:25 AM


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

 

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