Plutarch Quotes
Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara.
Citations
Plutarch. Plutarch's Moralia. Translated by W. C. Helmbold, vol. 6, Harvard University Press, 1939, p. 167.
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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).