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Basically, he used to say, the term cheap did not apply to something inessential: even if something cost only an as, you should regard it as something expensive if it was not something you needed- Cato the Elder

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (c. 46 – 120) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist.

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Native Name: L. Mestrius Plutarchus • Πλούταρχος

Alternative Names: Plutarchus • Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus • Plutarchos • Plutarch of Chaeronea • Ploutarchos

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