To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.Plutarch
“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
— PLUTARCH
Biographer and essayist · 46 – 119
Plutarch was a Greek biographer and essayist who lived under Roman rule. His Parallel Lives paired famous Greeks and Romans to draw moral lessons, and his Moralia essays range across philosophy, religion and everyday conduct.
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