Nothing of either good or of evil visits mankind unmixed, but that riches and power are attended and followed by folly, and folly in turn by licence. Isocrates. Areopagiticus. Speech 7. Section 4.
Image: The Roman emperor Claudius depicted as the Roman god Jupiter in the Vatican Museums courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Montarde. Claudius, who was an able administrator, was followed, unfortunately, by Nero.
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