“I hate the drinking buddy who doesn’t forget.”
μισέω μνάμονα συμπόταν
A good bit of advice for New Year’s Eve…
Tag: Plutarch
Euenus (Plutarch, On Affection for Offspring 4.497a)
Plutarch, Perikles 1.2
“Since the mind loves knowledge and is curious by nature, shouldn’t we rebuke those who care about unworthy things instead of noble and useful pursuits?”
ἆρ’ οὖν, ἐπεὶ φιλομαθές τι κέκτηται καὶ φιλοθέαμον ἡμῶν ἡ ψυχὴ φύσει,
λόγον ἔχει ψέγειν τοὺς καταχρωμένους τούτῳ πρὸς τὰ μηδεμιᾶς ἄξια σπουδῆς ἀκούσματα καὶ θεάματα, τῶν δὲ καλῶν καὶ ὠφελίμων παραμελοῦντας;
Plutarch, Agesilaus 2.1
Plutarch, Perikles 1.4 2-4
Plutarch, Agesilaos 2.2
“His weakness made his desire for glory manifest: he would refuse no labor and shirk no deed.”
ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν φιλοτιμίαν ἐκδηλοτέραν ἐποίει, πρὸς μηδένα πόνον μηδὲ πρᾶξιν ἀπαγορεύοντος αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν χωλότητα.
Yeah, that Agesilaos
Plutarch, Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus, 1.4
It is shameful to flatter the people to gain power; but to rule through fear, depravity and oppression is not merely shameful, it is unjust.
αἰσχρὸν μὲν γὰρ τὸ κολακεύειν δῆμον ἐπὶ τῷ δύνασθαι, τὸ δ᾽ ἰσχύειν ἐκ τοῦ φοβερὸν εἶναι καὶ κακοῦν καὶ πιέζειν πρὸς τῷ αἰσχρῷ καὶ ἄδικόν ἐστιν.
Alcibiades, you might know. But Coriolanus is not exactly a household name (Unless, say, that house is William Shakespeare’s)