My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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This Saturday: a quotation from Plutarch.

Plutarch“Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it, which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart with perpetual wounds; for reason, which chases away all other pains, creates repentance, shames the soul with confusion, and punishes it with torment.” –Plutarch