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The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.
The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.
Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Plutarch
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- Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Life of Alexander.
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