Advice of a good man is profitable to the hearer

The advice of a good and upright man, however simple and even awkward the words in which it is given, is profitable to the hearers.  Aeschines.  Against Timarchus.  Speech 1.  Section 31.



Image:  Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in military regalia viewing plans for the construction of the original Acqua Vergine aqueduct on Trevi Fountain. In the background workers can be seen clambering on the arches of the aqueduct.  Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Marie-Lan Nguyen (Jastrow).

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