Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1898 - 408 pages |
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... wives for procreation must do so either without having drunk any wine or at least very little . For those children , that their parents begot in drink , are wont to be fond of wine and apt to turn out drunkards . And so Diogenes ...
... wives for procreation must do so either without having drunk any wine or at least very little . For those children , that their parents begot in drink , are wont to be fond of wine and apt to turn out drunkards . And so Diogenes ...
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... wives not much richer or better born , for the proverb is a sound one , Marry in your own Iwalk of life . " For those who marry wives superior to themselves in rank are not so much the husbands of their wives as unawares slaves to their ...
... wives not much richer or better born , for the proverb is a sound one , Marry in your own Iwalk of life . " For those who marry wives superior to themselves in rank are not so much the husbands of their wives as unawares slaves to their ...
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... wife , ' Do you hate me ? I can bear that hatred very easily , since of my dishonour I make money . ' Not a whit more really in love than this husband is the one , who , not for gain but merely for the sexual appetite , puts up with a ...
... wife , ' Do you hate me ? I can bear that hatred very easily , since of my dishonour I make money . ' Not a whit more really in love than this husband is the one , who , not for gain but merely for the sexual appetite , puts up with a ...
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... wives , as if it had wings that required clipping ; for this same wealth implants in them luxury , caprice , and vanity , by which they are often elated and fly away alto- gether but if they remain , it would be better to be bound by ...
... wives , as if it had wings that required clipping ; for this same wealth implants in them luxury , caprice , and vanity , by which they are often elated and fly away alto- gether but if they remain , it would be better to be bound by ...
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... wives on a footing of kindness , yet still kept their position as heads of the house . But he that abases his wife and makes her small , like one who tightens the ring on a finger too small for it fearing it will come off , 2 is like ...
... wives on a footing of kindness , yet still kept their position as heads of the house . But he that abases his wife and makes her small , like one who tightens the ring on a finger too small for it fearing it will come off , 2 is like ...
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