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Plutarch's Morals

Note 631 — Front matter (continued 6)

A. R. (Arthur Richard) Shilleto translation

Literally, "slippery and prone to." For the metaphor of "slippery" compare Horace, "Odes," i. 19-8, "Et vultus nimium lubricus adspici."

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