We ought not to emulate those who hold despotic power nor those who have gained a dominion which is greater than is just but rather those who, while worthy of the highest honors, are yet content with the honors which are tendered them by a free people. Isocrates. On The Peace. Speech 8. Section 89.
Image: Tarquinius Superbus (The Proud) receiving laurels by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1867, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Image: Tarquinius Superbus (The Proud) receiving laurels by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1867, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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