... man by nature is not a wild or unsocial.... : Quote by Plutarch

“ ... man by nature is not a wild or unsocial creature, neither was he born so, but makes himself what he naturally is not, by vicious habit; and that again on the other side, he is civilized and grows gentle by a change of place, occupation, and manner of life, as beasts themselves that are wild by nature, become tame and tractable by housing and gentler usage... ”

Plutarch
  • From : Plutarch's Lives
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