If you declare that you are naturally designed for such a diet, then first kill for yourself what you want to eat. Do it, however, only through your own resources, unaided by cleaver or cudgel or any kind of ax

Plutarch

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A fool cannot hold his tongue. by Plutarch

A fool cannot hold his tongue.

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not t... by Plutarch

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.

measure-of-a-man men life

Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men.

learning wise men

For the wise man, every day is a festival. by Plutarch

For the wise man, every day is a festival.

festivals wise men

Nothing can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that are wicked. By this means the soul will be not only unpolluted but also undisturbed. The fountain will run clear and unsullied.

running peace mean

It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her c... by Plutarch

It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.

women distinction character

The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.

inspirational life funny

Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men mu... by Plutarch

Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for.

fighting healing wise

Alcibiades had a very handsome dog, that cost him seven thousand drachmas; and he cut off his tail, "that," said he, "the Athenians may have this story to tell of me, and may concern themselves no further with me.

cutting dog tails

As Meander says, "For our mind is God;" and as Heraclitus, "Man's... by Plutarch

As Meander says, "For our mind is God;" and as Heraclitus, "Man's genius is a deity."

genius mind men

If we traverse the world, it is possible to find cities without walls, without letters, without kings, without wealth, without coin, without schools and theatres; but a city without a temple, or that practiseth not worship, prayer, and the like, no one ever saw.

wall kings prayer

Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. "They are tall," said he, "and comely, but bear no fruit."

fruit speech tree

A healer of others, himself diseased. by Plutarch

A healer of others, himself diseased.

diseased healer

Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt; but a truly noble and resolved Spirit appears greatest in Distress, and then becomes more bright and conspicuous.

noble soul looks

Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real

anticipation ignorance real

Abstruse questions must have abstruse answers. by Plutarch

Abstruse questions must have abstruse answers.

Apothegms are the most infallible mirror to represent a man truly... by Plutarch

Apothegms are the most infallible mirror to represent a man truly what he is.

infallible mirrors men

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to wei... by Plutarch

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

adversity best-friend friendship

He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants... by Plutarch

He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself

reflection want men

I, for my part, wonder of what sort of feeling, mind or reason that man was possessed who was first to pollute his mouth with gore, and to allow his lips to touch the flesh of a murdered being: who spread his table with the mangled forms of dead bodies, and claimed as daily food and dainty dishes what but now were beings endowed with movement, perception and with voice. …but for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that portion of life and time it had been born in to the world to enjoy.

voice light men