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Plutarch quote about wisdom from Parallel Lives - Cato . . . used to assert, also, that wise men profited more by fools, than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men.

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“ Cato . . . used to assert, also, that wise men profited more by fools, than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men. ”
Plutarch, Parallel Lives (c. 100 AD). copy citation

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Author	Plutarch
Source	Parallel Lives
Topic	wisdom foolishness example
Date	c. 100 AD
Language	English
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Note	Translated by A. H. Clough
Weblink	http://www.gutenberg.org/files/674/674-h/674-h.htm

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