An idea from Parallel Lives

At the river that marked the edge of his province, Caesar stopped and weighed the harm that crossing would bring. Then he dropped the calculation, used the proverb of people taking a bold risk, “The die is cast,” and took his army over. The crossing started a civil war.

From Parallel Lives by Plutarch

Enjoy The Road is a library of ideas from books that lasted, in plain words. A new one every day, free to read.


The Sunday email

One email each Sunday morning: the week’s seven ideas, a question to think about, and a link to a story to read to a child.

Get the Sunday email