The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)
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A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech.
- Plutarch
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
- Plutarch
Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune
Reprinted from Wildlife Conservation Magazine
"Behind Enemy Lines"
November/December 2005
By Eric Michael Johnson