When somebody remarked that all things are honourable and righteous for kings, he said, ‘Yes indeed, for kings of the barbarians; but for me only the honourable things are honourable and the righteous righteous.’
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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