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Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. so, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, i must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
-Plutarch
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Sometimes Small Incidents, Rather Than Glorious Exploits,

Plutarch
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. so, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, i must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
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