...averring that his design was not to write histories, but lives. " The most glorious exploits," he says, " do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or of vice in men. Sometimes a matter of much less moment, an expression or a jest, better informs us...

...most celebrated parts of their stoiy than to insist at large on every particular circumstance of it. It must be borne in mind that my design is not to write histories, but lives. And thu most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice...

...story, than to insist at large on every particular circumstance of it. It must be borne in mind *hat my design is not to write histories, but lives. And...vice in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an ex pression or a jest, informs us better of their characters and inclinations, than the most famous...

...part of Italy there will rise up forces enough in an instant, both horse and foot." Life of Pompey The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us...the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men. Life of Alexander. Whenever Alexander heard Philip had taken any town of importance, or won any signal...

...part of Italy there will rise up forces enough in an instant, both horse and foot." Life of Pompey The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us...the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men. Life of Alexander. Whenever Alexander heard Philip had taken any town of importance, or won any signal...

...purpose was entirely deliberate. "It must be borne in mind," he says in his life of Alexander the Great, "that my design is not to write histories but lives....matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs i« better of their characters and inclinations, than the most famous sieges, the greatest armaments,...

...virtues and the failings, of the representative men of antiquity. "It must be borne in mind," he says, "that my design is not to write histories, but lives....exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest examples of virtue or vice in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs...

...virtues and the failings, of the representative men of antiquity. "It must be borne in mind," he says, "that my design is not to write histories, but lives....exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest examples of virtue or vice in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs...

...that the anecdotes, more than anything else, give vitality to the portrayal. Plutarch tells us that "the most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of vice and virtue in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs us better...

...at the top." The nearer you get to Jesus the more elbow room you will have and the less the crowd. The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest index of the vices or virtues of men and women. Sometimes a word, an act, a gesture; your absence or...