5 Quotes by Plutarch about fighting

  • Author Plutarch
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    Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for.

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    The saying of old Antigonus, who when he was to fight at Andros, and one told him, "The enemy's ships are more than ours," replied, "For how many then wilt thou reckon me?

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    After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws.

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    The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

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