As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them.
PlutarchAs bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.
PlutarchBut for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.
PlutarchRather I fear on the contrary that while we banish painful thoughts we may banish memory as well.
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