Plutarch Quotes
Antagoras the poet was boiling a conger, and Antigonus, coming behind him as he was stirring his skillet, said, 'Do you think, Antagoras, that Homer boiled congers when he wrote the deeds of Agamemnon?' Antagoras replied, 'Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?'
Plutarch
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M. H. Abrams
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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David Hepworth
It's barely OK for me to be dressed up as a black guy. But part of me kind of enjoys provoking people.
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The world is not threatened by evil people, but by those who allow evil to take place.
Albert Einstein
Antagoras the poet was boiling a conger, and Antigonus, coming behind him as he was stirring his skillet, said, 'Do you think, Antagoras, that Homer boiled congers when he wrote the deeds of Agamemnon?' Antagoras replied, 'Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?'
Plutarch
