We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.Swami Vivekananda
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
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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