Fortune had favoured me in this war that I feared, the rather, that some tempest would follow so favourable a gale.
PlutarchIf you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you.
PlutarchWhen one is transported by rage, it is best to observe attentively the effects on those who deliver themselves over to the same passion.
PlutarchWhen Anaxagoras was told of the death of his son, he only said, "I knew he was mortal." So we in all casualties of life should say "I knew my riches were uncertain, that my friend was but a man." Such considerations would soon pacify us, because all our troubles proceed from their being unexpected.
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