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[Lavrentivs]

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[Sceptra_Tenens]

Good point.

[dlb]

Pointless.

[Osterdeich]

I think it’s a period piece.

[dlb]

@Osterdeich

I think it’s a period piece.

Spot on!

[Bedell]

It’s all very well, but I still don’t see the point.

[dlb]

@Bedell

It’s all very well, but I still don’t see the point.

Only pointy headed people understand.

[Bedell]

@dlb

@Bedell

It’s all very well, but I still don’t see the point.

Only pointy headed people understand.

I shall try not to take offence at such a pointed remark!

[dlb]

I shall try not to take offence at such a pointed remark!

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose. Plutarch

[MatthaeusLatinus]

Is that from the Moralia? I wonder which book…

[dlb]

@MatthaeusLatinus

Is that from the Moralia? I wonder which book…

My source shows it comes from, “Of the Training of Children”, which can be found here:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/plutarch-education.asp