If one is to govern his youth rightly and worthily and make the proper start in life, he must give more heed to himself than to his possessions, he must not hasten and seek to rule over others before he has found a master to direct his own thoughts. Isocrates. Antidosis. Speech 15. Section 290.
Image: Olympias Presenting The Young Alexander The Great To Aristotle by Gerard Hoet, before 1733, (PD)
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