AI: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch Compared: Ancient Greek Historians (Part III, Plutarch: “The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans”)
“For it is not Histories that I am writing, but Lives; and in the most illustrious deeds there is not always a manifestation of virtue or vice, nay, a slight thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of character than battles where thousands fall…” – Plutarch, Life of Alexander
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” – Plutarch
“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.” – Plutarch