“You see, my dear, we will seem to regret our child was ever born if we find more to complain about now than in the situation before her birth.”
More from Plutarch
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
“For possibly there is no need of any compulsion or menace in dealing with the multitude,…”
“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.”
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