Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few.

Moralia

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The Moralia (Latin for "Morals", "Customs" or Mores"; Greek: Ἠθικά, Ethiká) is a group of manuscripts written in Ancient Greek dating from the 10th–13th centuries but traditionally ascribed to the 1st-century scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. The eclectic collection contains 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and...

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