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Paranoid leaders
For kings feel threatened more by good men than bad, and the merit of others always arouses fear in them. Sallust. Sallust, The War with...
Pliny on jealousy
“Nothing, I confess, so strongly affects me as the desire of a lasting name.” He speaks appreciatively of others as well as of himself, adding that “one may be sure a man has many virtues if he admires those of others”
Acting right
Don’t you know that a good and excellent man does nothing for the sake of appearances, but only for the sake of having acted right?
When a state is doomed
"States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad."
Discipleship
Xenophon on Disciple/Mentor:
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