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Demetrius of Phalerum recommended to Ptolemy the king to buy and read the books dealing with the office of king and ruler. ‘For,’ as he said, ‘those things which the kings' friends are not bold enough to recommend to them are written in the books.’
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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