It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn…

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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp. ✨ Moralia. Book by Plutarch. Chapter The Education of Children,
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It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp. ✨ Moralia. Book by Plutarch. Chapter The Education of Children,

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