Plutarch Quotes
Empire may be gained by gold, not gold by empire. It used, indeed, to be a proverb that "It is not Philip, but Philip's gold that takes the cities of Greece.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. Translated by John Dryden, revised by Arthur Hugh Clough, Little, Brown, and Company, 1864, p. 190.
Describing the census debates and lawsuits regarding correct counting methodologies:
See Noah Dietrich’s warning to Richard M. Nixon.
Any fortress can be stormed provided there is a way up for a donkey with a load of gold on his back.
The greatest general and conqueror always tried to avoid a battle and casualties whenever possible. He was a master and bribing corrupt officials to surrender forts and cities or to disclose weaknesses in the defense. Gold was one of his major weapons.
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).
