What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.Plutarch
“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
— 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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