antisthenes_of_athens:plutarch_concerning_the_fortune_or_virtue_of_alexander_the_great
Antisthenes of Athens | Plutarch, Concerning the Fortunes or Virtues of Alexander the Great
<blockquote>Noble therefore was the saying of Antisthenes, that we ought to wish an enemy all things beneficial to mankind except fortitude; for so these blessings will belong not to their possessors but to the conqueror.
Source: Plutarch’s Morals. Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. Corrected and Revised by William W. Goodwin, with an Introduction by Ralph Waldo Emerson. 5 Volumes. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1878).
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