"Nam et qui bene imperat, paruerit aliquando necesse est, et qui modeste paret, videtur qui aliquando imperet dignus esse."
— Cicero

January 1, 1970

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For in order to command well, we should know how to submit; and he who submits with a good grace will some time become worthy of commanding. — Book III, section 2; translation by Francis Barham