Plutarch Quotes
Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!"
Plutarch. Moralia. Translated by Frank Cole Babbitt, vol. 3, Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 23.
Polk never took a vacation while in the office. When he left, he was physically exhausted and in poor health and died 3 months later.
Plutarch (/ˈpluːtɑːrk/; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos; Koine Greek: [ˈplutarkʰos]; AD 46–after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος).
