Emulate, not those who have most widely extended their dominion, but those who have made best use of the power they already possess. Isocrates. To Nicocles. Speech 2. Section 26.
Image: Mars with the face of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and Venus of Capua with the face changed at a later date to represent the Empress Lucille, wife of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus Roman first created 120-140 CE then modified 170-175 CE Marble photographed at The Louvre, in Paris, France.
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