I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
PlutarchA traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can."
PlutarchIt is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
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