Plutarco: Frasi in inglese (pagina 10)

Plutarco era biografo, scrittore e filosofo greco antico. Frasi in inglese.
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“That proverbial saying, "Ill news goes quick and far."”

Of Inquisitiveness
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“The general himself ought to be such a one as can at the same time see both forward and backward.”

Whether an Aged Man ought to meddle in State Affairs
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Alexander was wont to say, "Were I not Alexander, I would be Diogenes."”

Of the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander the Great
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn a limp.”

Plutarch libro Moralia

Moralia, Of the Training of Children

“Rest gives relish to labour.”

Plutarch libro Moralia

Moralia, Of the Training of Children

“In his house he had a large looking-glass, before which he would stand and go through his exercises.”

Life of Demosthenes
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Simonides calls painting silent poetry, and poetry speaking painting.”

Whether the Athenians were more Warlike or Learned, 3
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Remember what Simonides said,—that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.”

Rules for the Preservation of Health, 7
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)