普鲁塔克的建议略有不同，这一建议与马库斯·西塞罗的主张更为接近，即一个人应该“通过创作而非吹毛求疵来进行批判”。

Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault."

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严肃的人的幸福，并不在于风流、娱乐与欢笑这种种轻佻的伴侣，而在于坚忍与刚毅。——西塞罗。

Serious person's happiness, is not romantic, entertainment and laughter, this kind of frivolous companions, but lies in perseverance and fortitude.

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严肃的人的幸福，并不在于风流、娱乐与欢笑这种种轻佻的伴侣，而在于坚忍与刚毅。 —— 西塞罗。

The happiness of a serious man, lies not in romance, entertainment and joy of this kind of frivolous companions, but in the perseverance and fortitude. -- Cicero.

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