No honor in heedless folly and unseasonable ambition

You should not honor that courage which accompanies heedless folly and unseasonable ambition nor, when so many hazards which are inherent in monarchy are at hand, should you devise for yourself still others that bring no glory. Isocrates. Ad Philippum. Section 2.

Relief at Juyongguan Pass, China depicting the suffering during the construction of the Great Wall.
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Smartneddy.


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