Cato the elder wondered how that city was preserved wherein… - Plutarch

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Cato the elder wondered how that city was preserved wherein a fish was sold for more than an ox.

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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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About Pontus there are some creatures of such an extempore being that the whole term of their life is confined within the space of a day; for they are brought forth in the morning, are in the prime of their existence at noon, grow old at night, and then die.

He said they that were serious in ridiculous matters would be ridiculous in serious affairs.

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Cato the elder wondered how that city was preserved wherein a fish was sold for more than an ox. - Plutarch

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