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• He made one of Antipater's recommendation a judge; and perceiving afterwards that his hair and beard were coloured
  he removed him, saying, "I could not think one that was faithless in his hair could be trusty in his deeds....
• Euripides was wont to say, "Silence is an answer to a wise man.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of Bashfulne...
• Q: What is the primary objective of a street gang member?
  A: To pronounce the word "motherfucker" in one syllable....
• When Darius offered him ten thousand talents, and to divide Asia equally with him, "I would accept it," said Parmenio, "were I Alexander.
  "And so truly would I," said Alexander, "if I were Parmenio....
• Zeno first started that doctrine that knavery is the best defence against a knave.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of Bashfulne...
• Socrates thought that if all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most persons would be contented to take their own and depart.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Consolation to Apolloniu...
• Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one's own praises.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Whether an Aged Man ought to meddle in State Affai...
• And when the physician said, "Sir, you are an old man," "That happens," replied Pausanias, "because you never were my doctor.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of Pausanias the Son of Phistoanax...
• Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
  Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many....