 Upon the whole, he taught his citizens to think nothing more disagreeable than to live by (or for) themselves. Like bees, they acted with one impulse for the public good, and always assembled about their prince. They were possessed with a thirst of honour,...  Plutarch's Lives - Page 154by Plutarch - 1803Full view - About this book
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