Plutarch's Lives
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It was as if his brain was broken, and he went from writing term papers analyzing Plutarch's "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans" to finger-painting.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2022
He wrote him as a patient, learned man who falls asleep with his nose buried in "Plutarch's Lives," humbled by a divorce and deflated by a paltry paycheck.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2022
The Bard borrowed plots, ideas, characters, themes, philosophies, and occasional passages from sources ranging from Plutarch’s Lives and Holinshed’s Chronicles to Montaigne’s Essays and plays by his contemporaries.
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2018
Plots to Shakespeare were like pots to Merlin: any borrowed tub, from Holinshed's Chronicles to Plutarch's Lives, would do to mix the magic in.
From Time Magazine Archive
The child read all the books he could lay his hands upon, becoming especially fond of Plutarch's Lives and Pope's works.
From Famous American Statesmen by Bolton, Sarah Knowles
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