It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its characte…

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It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad. ✨ Plutarch (2013). Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's Corrected from the Greek, p.345, Cosimo, Inc.
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It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad. ✨ Plutarch (2013). Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's Corrected from the Greek, p.345, Cosimo, Inc.

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