But the Lacedaemonians, who make it their first principle of action to serve their country's interest, know not any thing to be just or unjust by any measure but that.
PlutarchCourage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
PlutarchThere is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice.
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