Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara.
PlutarchLet a prince be guarded with soldiers, attended by councillors, and shut up in forts; yet if his thoughts disturb him, he is miserable.
PlutarchEuripides was wont to say, silence was an answer to a wise man; but we seem to have greater occasion for it in our dealing with fools and unreasonable persons; for men of breeding and sense will be satisfied with reason and fair words.
PlutarchNature without learning is blind, learning apart from nature is fractional, and practice in the absence of both is aimless.
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