Plutarch Quotes
It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated by William W. Goodwin, vol. 1, Little, Brown, and Company, 1878, p. 153.
Campaign managers are always trying to get their candidates to do something new or change something. See {600677} for an Example with President Eisenhower. He was a little more flexible than Taft was. His campaign manager wanted him to tell some self deprecating jokes in his presentations, but he could not bring himself to do it, especially following Theodore Roosevelt who was a master at it.
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).
