Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 sider |
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... speech preserves its due proportions . It is re- corded by tradition that Pericles , when called on by the people for a speech , frequently refused on the plea that he was unprepared . Similarly Demosthenes , his state - rival , when ...
... speech preserves its due proportions . It is re- corded by tradition that Pericles , when called on by the people for a speech , frequently refused on the plea that he was unprepared . Similarly Demosthenes , his state - rival , when ...
Side 10
... speech ; for tall talk is unpopular , and petty language makes no impression . And as the body ought to be not only sound but in good condi- tion , so speech ought to be not only not feeble but vigorous . For a safe mediocrity is indeed ...
... speech ; for tall talk is unpopular , and petty language makes no impression . And as the body ought to be not only sound but in good condi- tion , so speech ought to be not only not feeble but vigorous . For a safe mediocrity is indeed ...
Side 15
... , and better than any speech . And that is , I 1 See Plutarch's Lysander . " " 2 Or symposium , where all sorts of liberties were taken . govern think , the reason why the ancients instituted the mysteries ON EDUCATION . 15.
... , and better than any speech . And that is , I 1 See Plutarch's Lysander . " " 2 Or symposium , where all sorts of liberties were taken . govern think , the reason why the ancients instituted the mysteries ON EDUCATION . 15.
Side 16
... speech he long lingered in prison , and paid the righteous penalty for his unseasonable bab- bling , and had to weep a long time for making others laugh . Theocritus the Sophist similarly cracked his jokes , and had to pay even a ...
... speech he long lingered in prison , and paid the righteous penalty for his unseasonable bab- bling , and had to weep a long time for making others laugh . Theocritus the Sophist similarly cracked his jokes , and had to pay even a ...
Side 27
... speech and lisping in syllables , the poor parents saw their errors in revelling and drinking and love - affairs , so that of all Evenus ' 2 lines , that one alone is most remembered and quoted , " to a father a son is always a cause of ...
... speech and lisping in syllables , the poor parents saw their errors in revelling and drinking and love - affairs , so that of all Evenus ' 2 lines , that one alone is most remembered and quoted , " to a father a son is always a cause of ...
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