When a young man, son of a brave father, but not himself having any reputation for being a good soldier, suggested the propriety of his receiving his father's emoluments, Antigonus said, ‘My boy, I give pay and presents for the excellence of a man, not for the excellence of his father.’
When a young man, son of a brave father, but not himself having any reputation for being a good soldier, suggested the propriety of his receiving his father's emoluments, Antigonus said, ‘My boy, I give pay and presents for the excellence of a man, not for the excellence of his father.’